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India-Pakistan |
Four LeT militants killed in J&K gunbattle |
2007-03-21 |
Four militants suspected to be members of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and two army personnel, including a captain, were killed in a fierce gunbattle in Kupwara district on Tuesday. The gunbattle broke out at Chhotimargi-Lolab, 115 kms from here, early on Tuesday morning when militants hiding there opened fire at a joint search party of 18-Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of local police, Senior Superintendent of Police (Kupwara) Vijay Kumar said. Four LeT militants, a captain and a soldier were killed and another personnel was injured in the gunbattle which lasted for several hours, he said. A huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants. |
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