Two soldiers and two suspected militants were killed overnight in a gunbattle in Indian-held Kashmir, the Indian army said Saturday. Colonel N N Joshi said the firefight occurred in Naugam sector, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) north-west of the main city of held Srinagar, after soldiers intercepted the militants allegedly attempting to infiltrate the territory from Pakistan.
"Two militants were killed and two soldiers attained martyrdom. One soldier was injured," Joshi told AFP. More than 50 people have been killed and thousands injured in weeks of unrest in Indian-held Kashmir, sparked by the death on July 8 of popular militant commander Burhan Wani in a firefight with government forces.