 A senior militant commander was shot dead by the army and two civilians were killed by suspected militants in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday, police said. Indian troops shot dead Hafiz Bhat, a senior commander of dominant group Hizbul Mujahideen in the southern district of Doda late on Sunday, police said. Separately, suspected militants shot dead a member of the ruling pro-India party in southern Kashmir district of Pulwama, while a Muslim woman was killed in Udhampur district, further south, a police spokesman said. |