An Indian soldier and a suspected Kashmiri freedom fighter were killed on Wednesday during a gun-battle in Indian-held Kashmir, the latest clash in the restive Himalayan region, a police officer said.
Acting on a tip-off, the Indian forces confronted at least one militant inside a house in the village of Ladoora 70 kilometres northwest of the main city of Srinagar.
“One militant was killed and we had a fatal casualty of a soldier in the initial stage of the gunbattle,” Gharib Das, deputy inspector general of police for the area, told AFP.
Das said it was unclear if more militants were in the area.
Government forces killed four suspected rebels last Thursday and captured another during a day-long battle in forests in the same area.
