Three Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir attack
Source: Reuters
SRINAGAR, India, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Three Indian soldiers were killed on Friday when suspected separatist militants ambushed an army patrol in Kashmir, an army spokesman said. A villager was also killed in an exchange of fire in Pulwama district, about 35 km (20 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir's summer capital. No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, the second in Pulwama within a week. Last Friday, four policemen were killed and three others were wounded in a militant ambush in the same district. "The area has been cordoned off and search operation in the area continues," army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel A.K. Mathur said. Authorities say violence has ebbed in Kashmir since India and Pakistan, which claim the region in full and rule in parts, began a peace process in 2004. However, people are still killed in daily shootouts and occasional grenade attacks. Officials say more than 40,000 people have been killed in the disputed Himalayan region since a bloody rebellion broke out in 1989. Human rights groups put the toll at about 60,000 dead or missing.
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