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| Militants attack army in Indian-held Kashmir, 10 people dead |
| 2014-11-28 |
| [DAWN] Militants attacked an army patrol in Indian-held on Thursday, leaving three soldiers and four civilians dead in an ongoing shootout near the border with Pakistain, security officials said. The day-long attack coincided with a regional summit in Nepal attended by the leaders of India and Pakistain, which was overshadowed by rising tensions between the nuclear-armed arch-rivals. A group of heavily armed gunnies attacked the army column near a base in the town of Arnia in Indian Kashmire, about four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the undisputed, internationally-recognised border with Pakistain. "The civilian corpse count is four now," inspector general of police for the region, Rajesh Kumar told AFP. "Three of our soldiers were martyred in the operation which is still ongoing," army front man for the area, Manish Mehta, told AFP. Kumar said three gunnies were rubbed out in the shootout so far and at least one more myrmidon was believed to be holed up as government forces tightened the cordon of the area using floodlights for the night. "We will resume the search tomorrow (Friday) morning," Kumar said. The non-combatants were killed in the crossfire during the attack which started early in the morning, local deputy inspector general of police Shakeel Beig said. The rebels entered an "abandoned bunker" which Indian forces then surrounded, triggering the shootout. Beig had earlier said "four to six myrmidons" were firing from inside the bunker. |
| Posted by:Fred |