Posted on 01/04/2007 9:56:37 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
Security forces on Thursday killed four suspected Muslim militants in India-administered Kashmir while another militant was killed while planting an explosive device in the state, police said.
Senior police official Basant Rath said Abu Salim, a divisional commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) militant group and three other rebels were killed in a gun battle in the southern Udhampur district.
"Following a tip-off, the army raided the area in the early hours of Thursday and spotted the militants. Four rebels were killed but the army suffered no losses," Rath said.
The firefight took place in Deeda village, 240 kilometres from the state's winter capital Jammu.
In another incident in the Jammu region, a rebel was killed and two other militants were injured while they were trying to plant an explosive device near the Banihal town, police said.
Kashmir, a disputed region between India and neighbouring Pakistan, has witnessed the deaths of more than 50,000 people - civilians, militants and security forces - since a secessionist militant movement broke out in the late 1980s.
New Delhi has accused Islamabad of aiding and abetting Kashmiri militants, a charge that Pakistan has denied. Islamabad said it supports the Kashmiris' legitimate aspirations for freedom.
© 2007 DPA
The forgotten war.
" a rebel was killed and two other militants were injured while they were trying to plant an explosive device ....."
LOL.
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