SRINAGAR, India - Indian troops shot dead foursuspected Islamic militants in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, police said Sunday, while a Muslim man was also beheaded in further violence. Two of the rebels were killed in a clash Sunday with troops near Shopian, 55 kilometres (34 miles) south of the summer capital, Srinagar, police said, adding the two were members of the regionÂ’s most powerful rebel group, Hizbul Mujahedin.Two other militants were shot dead Sunday in a similar clash with troops and police in a district south of Shopian, a police spokesman said.
Police said suspected militants beheaded a Muslim man in the Pulwama district, where Shopian is located, early Sunday. The motive for the killing was not immediately known, although militants regularly target people suspected of working with police and troops.
| Sounds like a motive to me, but I'm not the AFP. |