Indian troops kill 10 rebels in Kashmir
AFP, Srinagar
Indian troops shot dead 10 Kashmiri rebels, including a commander, in separate clashes across Indian Kashmir, police said yesterday. Seven of the militants were gunned down in the northern district of Baramulla in three separate clashes Sunday, a police spokesman told AFP. Sameer Gujar, the deputy chief commander of the pro-Pakistan militant group al Barq (The Lightning), and his bodyguard were among seven killed in pre-dawn "cordon and search operations" launched by the troops, he said. "Sameer Gujar and his bodyguard were killed in the Kreeri village while five others were gunned down in two other villages of Chandusa and Heevan."
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