Two militants and an Indian occupation soldier were killed during a gunbattle along the border that splits Kashmir between India and Pakistan, the Indian occupation military said on Sunday. "The fighting erupted late Saturday when a group of militants tried to cross the Line of Control in (southern) Poonch district," an army spokesman said.
"Soldiers foiled an infiltration bid by killing two militants," the spokesman said, adding an occupation soldier also died during the fighting. The latest clash came as regional police chief Kuldeep Khuda told reporters late Saturday that about 700 militants were active in Kashmir. Khuda said the number of active militants included people who had earlier surrendered to troops. "But their number is negligible," he said, adding that 2009 was likely to end with the lowest "ever incidents of violence" since 1989.