Indian troops shot dead four suspected mujahideen in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, police said on Sunday, while a Muslim man was also beheaded in further violence.
Two of the alleged mujahideen were killed in a clash on Sunday with troops near Shopian, 55 kilometres (34 miles) south of Srinagar, police said, adding the two were members of the region's most powerful rebel group, Hizbul Mujahedin.
Two other alleged mujahideen were shot dead on Sunday in a similar clash with troops and police in a district south of Shopian, a police spokesman said.
Police said alleged mujahideen beheaded a Muslim man in the Pulwama district, where Shopian is located, early Sunday.
The motive for the killing was not immediately known, although mujahideen regularly target people suspected of working with police and troops.
Indian police are probing five cases in which innocent civilians were allegedly killed and passed off as mujahideen that came to light in early 2007. Police have charged 17 security force and police members with murder in two of the cases.
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