3 Indian soldiers and 2 civilians are killed in an alleged rebel ambush
in Kashmir
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[October 25, 2024]
SRINAGAR, India (AP) —
Three Indian soldiers and their two civilian porters were killed in a
rebel ambush in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said Friday.
Police said rebels sprayed bullets at an army vehicle carrying troops
close to the highly militarized line of control near the resort town of
Gulmarg on Thursday night. The de facto frontier divides the disputed
Kashmir between India and Pakistan, which they both claim in its
entirety. |
A paramilitary soldier stands guard as Indian army soldiers ski down a
slope during a practice session on the first day of 5th National winter
games in Gulmarg, some 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Srinagar, India,
Feb, 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan), File) |
Two soldiers and two civilians working as porters with the
Indian military were killed and three other soldiers were
wounded, police said. One soldier later died at a hospital, they
said. The military said it was a brief firefight and gave no
other details.
There was no independent confirmation of the incident.
On Sunday, gunmen fatally shot at least seven people and injured
five others working on a strategic tunnel project near another
resort town of Sonamarg. Police blamed militants fighting
against Indian rule for decades for the attack.
Militants in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir have been
fighting New Delhi’s rule since 1989. Many Muslim Kashmiris
support the rebels’ goal of uniting the territory, either under
Pakistani rule or as an independent country.
India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored
terrorism. Pakistan denies the charge, and many Kashmiris
consider it a legitimate freedom struggle. Tens of thousands of
civilians, rebels and government forces have been killed in the
conflict.
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have fought two of their
three wars over Kashmir since they gained independence from
British colonial rule in 1947.
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