Ten killed in Kashmir clashes as Indian forces regain control of police camp

Source: Reuters/Guardian

Saturday 26 August 2017 18.08 BST

Indian security forces in the Kashmir Valley shot dead two militants after an hours-long gun battle to regain control of a government compound in which eight policemen were also killed, the state’s top police official has said.

The shootout started after the militants stormed into the police camp in Pulwama, a town in southern Kashmir, early on Saturday, SP Vaid, the director general of Jammu and Kashmir police, told reporters in Srinagar. A search of the camp was continuing, he said, with all the militants believed to have been killed.

In a statement to local newspapers, Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the attack.

It was the deadliest on a state security facility since September last year, when armed militants broke into an army camp in Uri near the Line of Control (LoC) – the de facto border with Pakistan – killing 18 army personnel.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/26/indian-forces-kill-two-militants-and-regain-control-of-police-camp