Fighting in Kashmir

Three terrorists were killed when they ambushed Indian forces carrying out a search operation. Of course the BBC doesn't call terrorists, terrorists but "militants". Well, these..."militants" killed a man and his wife for the crime of asking what the terrorists were doing. They also killed a photographer working for an english-lanugage newspaper. BBC

Suspected militants have fired on security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after eight people were killed in armed violence in the region.

The army said they had recovered the body of a third militant during search operations in Samba district where Sunday's violence took place.

Four civilians, a soldier and two militants died in the fighting.

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Correspondents say Sunday's attack is the first on such a scale for nearly four years in the region.

Indian army spokesman SD Goswami said suspected militants had fired on security forces carrying out a search operation in the cantonment area on Monday morning.

He said the soldiers had returned fire and there has been a "lull after that".

Mr Goswami said a body of a third militant had been found during the operations.

The violence over the weekend followed an attack by militants on a locality in Samba town, south of Jammu, and close to the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the Indian-administered and Pakistani-administered parts of Kashmir.

Infiltration

Senior police official Farooq Khan said the two militants were sighted by a local resident early on Sunday.

The militants opened fire on being questioned about their motives by the resident, killing him and his wife on the spot.

On hearing of the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and fought a pitched battle with the militants, who took shelter in a house and continued firing.

A senior photojournalist working with a local English-language newspaper, Ashok Sodhi, was killed when a bullet fired by the militants hit him while he was taking pictures, the police said.