A soldier and four suspected rebels were killed in a gun battle in Indian-held Kashmir on Thursday, an army spokesman said. Soldiers intercepted a group of militants trying to cross the heavily militarised de-facto border from Pakistan into India at daybreak, triggering a fierce fire fight, the spokesman, N. N. Joshi said.
"Four terrorists were killed in the operation and a soldier who was injured in the firefight later succumbed," Joshi told AFP. "This was the second infiltration bid in three days." A militant and a soldier were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle in the mountainous region that lasted 24 hours.