An Indian army lieutenant and 12 suspected Islamist militants were killed on Saturday in a clash along the de facto border that splits Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the army said. The fighting erupted in the northern Gurez district when a group of “heavily-armed militants tried to infiltrate” into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani zone of the divided Muslim-majority territory, the army said.“We have killed 12 militants so far and the operation is still on,” Indian army spokesman JS Brar told AFP. He said an army lieutenant was also killed and two soldiers injured during “heavy exchange of fire” that started early Saturday.
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