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Eight killed in Indian Kashmir gun battle India, July 9 (AFP) Four Islamic rebels and four Indian soldiers were killed in a fierce gun battle Friday in restive Indian Kashmir, the defence ministry said. said. The gunfight occurred at Bimbher Gali in Rajouri district 180 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of the winter capital Jammu when Indian border guards spotted border infiltrators, ministry spokesman Colonel D.K. Badola said. "The infiltrators equipped with sophisticated weapons opened indiscriminate fire on our soldiers resulting in the death of one armyman," he said, adding troops retaliated killing two rebels. Another three Indian soldiers and two rebels were killed later, he said. Large quantities of arms and ammunition were recovered from the dead militants. |
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