 SRINAGAR, India - Indian troops killed three terrorists rebels including a commander of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahedin group that has launched deadly attacks in Kashmir in the past week, police said Saturday. A senior divisional commander of the dominant Hizbul Mujahedin group was shot dead by Indian troops during an encounter in Dangal Kashtigarh village in southern Doda district, said a police spokesman. "Abdul Hamid headed a list of most wanted terrorists militants in south Kashmir," the spokesman told AFP.
Two other Hizbul Mujahedin terrorists rebels were shot dead overnight in the districts of Baramulla and Anantnag during separate encounters, added the spokesman. The Hizbul Mujahedin has been active in Kashmir since the launch of an anti-India insurgency in 1989. It wants India's only Muslim-majority state to break away and become a part of neighbouring Pakistan. The group claimed responsibility for a roadside mine explosion on Sunday that killed ten Indian security force personnel and a civilian. It also took responsibility for two more attacks this week on counter-insurgency policemen that left six of them dead and five others injured.
Tej Krishan, a Hindu farmer who was being treated for gunshot wounds inflicted by suspected Muslim militants in the southern district of Pulwama died Saturday in hospital, police added. |