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Rebel commander among 12 killed in Indian Kashmir INDIA KASHMIR, Saturday (AFP) Nine Islamic militants, including a wanted commander, two civilians and an Indian soldier were killed in the latest clashes in revolt-hit Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Friday. Troops shot dead Mohamed Yusuf, a district commander of the Hizbul Mujahedin Islamic militant group, in central Budgam overnight during a clash, police said. Over 12,000 people, who chanted "we want freedom" and "long live Hizbul," attended the funeral prayers of the slain commander, witnesses said. Eight other militants were killed in two clashes in the southern district of Doda overnight, a police spokesman said. He said five were gunned down by counter-insurgency police at a remote village which appeared to be a rebel training camp. A police officer said it took police two days to reach the village of Sui Patyala on foot to launch the operation. "A large quantity of arms and ammunition have been recovered from the encounter site," the officer said. Separately, Indian troops overnight gunned down three militants in Doda during a hunt for rebels who had ambushed and killed two soldiers early Thursday, police said. "The eight slain (rebels) belonged to Hizbul Mujahedin and hardline Lashkar-e-Taiba militant groups," the spokesman said. Meanwhile, two Muslim civilians, including a school student and an army soldier died in two clashes Friday between Indian troops and Muslim rebels in the districts of Kupwara and Anantnag, police said. Thousands have died in Kashmir since the eruption of the insurgency against Indian rule in the region in 1989. |
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