 JAMMU, India (AP) - Indian soldiers on Saturday killed six Islamic terrorists militants who had crossed the mountainous frontier into India's portion of Kashmir from Pakistani territory, the army said. Two terrorists rebels and one civilian were killed in a separate gun battle Saturday. "The terrorists militants had infiltrated last night. Troops were keeping an eye on them and chasing them. ... We were able to kill them today," said Lt. Col. V.K. Badola, the army spokesman. The army also retrieved the terrorists militants' arms and ammunition, he said.
Authorities said the army interdicted the terrorists militants in the Keri sector of the mountainous Rajouri district, 110 miles northwest of Jammu, the winter capital of India's Jammu-Kashmir state.
Separately, government soldiers killed two suspected terrorists rebels in the Kotha forests of Bandipore, about 224 miles north of Jammu, police said. One villager also was killed and another wounded in the exchange of gunfire. |