Indian army kills two 'Kashmiri rebels'

Government forces in Indian Kashmir have killed two suspected rebels, police say.

Indian soldiers have killed two suspected Kashmiri rebels after they tried to sneak into the army's main infantry headquarters in the Indian portion of the disputed Himalayan territory, police say.

Senior police officer Danish Rana said the army foiled the rebels' pre-dawn bid on Saturday and later killed them in a gunbattle in the Samba region.

There was no independent confirmation of the fighting.

Suspected rebels targeted government forces for a second straight day.

On Friday, they entered an Indian police station in the region.

A four-hour gunbattle left two Indian paramilitary soldiers, two militants, one policeman and a civilian dead, police said.

The rebels often attack Indian government forces and other targets in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan.

They demand Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with Pakistan.


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