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| Rebels Killed in Indian Kashmir Gun Battle |
| 2014-09-03 |
| [AnNahar] Government forces in Indian Kashmire killed three suspected rebels Tuesday during a lengthy shootout, police said, in the latest flare-up ahead of tense local elections later this year. Soldiers cordoned off a house in Hanjan village, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the main city of Srinagar, on Monday evening after receiving a tip-off that gunnies were inside, a police officer told AFP. The rebels then opened fire, sparking armed exchanges which went on till early morning, the officer, who was not authorized to speak to the media, told AFP. "All the three gunnies died during the shootout," he added. Another police officer, Vijay Kumar, told news hounds that all three of the victims were local men. Kashmire is divided between India and Pakistain, with both partially administering it separately, since the two nations won independence from Britannia in 1947. The nuclear-armed South Asian rivals claim the disputed Himalayan territory in full. Since 1989 fighting between about a dozen rebels groups, who seek independence or a merger of the territory with Pakistain, and Indian forces has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians dead. The latest fighting happened after multiple festivities between suspected rebels and government forces last week left five of them and three soldiers dead in the north of the disputed territory near the de facto border with Pakistain known as the Line of Control or LoC. A report Sunday in a local daily Greater Kashmire, quoting an unnamed federal interior ministry official in New Delhi, said 60 gunnies have "infiltrated" this year into Indian Kashmire from across the LoC. The official said the government forces were cautioned about a "likely spurt in Lion of Islam actions in the coming months" as the territory is gearing up for state elections expected in November or December. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 prolly what the Pak covering fire was for last week |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-03 10:52 |