Four Indian soldiers and a suspected freedom fighter were killed in a shootout after rebels ambushed an army patrol in Indian Kashmir, the army said Tuesday.
"The soldiers were going for a military operation against the militants after a tip-off, but they were ambushed," defence spokesman Colonel D K Badola told AFP.
Five soldiers also were seriously injured in the exchange of gunfire in Poonch district, 240 kilometres (150 miles) from occupied Jammu.