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| Indian police battle militants in Kashmir capital |
| 2006-10-21 |
| SRINAGAR, India - A fierce gunbattle between Indian security forces and Islamist militants raged near a university in Kashmir’s main city on Friday, police and witnesses said. Hundreds of police and paramilitary forces surrounded a house, believed to be a militant hideout, near the agriculture university in eastern Srinagar, Kashmir’s summer capital. “Heavy exchange of fire has continued since the morning. One or more militants are holed up in a house,” a security official said. Officials said they had cordoned off the area and evacuated residents before shooting began at 9:30 am (0400 GMT). |
| Posted by:Steve White |