Militants kill four Indian soldiers in held Kashmir

HELD SRINAGAR: Suspected militants killed four soldiers during firing overnight near the heavily militarised LoC dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, police said on Monday.
Soldiers discovered their colleagues’ bodies on Monday morning during a search for militants in Hafruda forest, around 140 kilometres (85 miles) northwest of the main city of Srinagar. “We lost four soldiers in the operation. No militants were killed or captured during the search,” inspector general of police Javaid Gillani told AFP.
“The soldiers came under fire during the night,” army spokesman colonel N.N. Joshi said earlier confirming killing of three soldiers. The fourth soldier’s body was found later in the same forested area.
Joshi said an armed militant was also killed in a separate encounter in the nearby valley of Lolab overnight.
On Sunday two suspected militants were killed during a gunbattle in the Tral area south of Srinagar. A soldier was injured in the encounter.