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Clashes in Kashmir leave dead four rebels
Violence in the Indian-ruled part of the disputed state of Kashmir has left dead four rebels, a government worker and his son, officials said. Indian troops on Thursday shot dead four members of Kashmir's most powerful Islamic rebel group, Hizbul Mujahedin, while suspected rebels killed the public servant and his son the same day, they said. "The militants were killed in two separate clashes late Thursday in the districts of Anantnag and Pulwama," army spokesman Vijay Batra told AFP on Friday. Both districts lie south of Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar and are considered strongholds of Hizbul, which wants all of Kashmir to be joined with neighbouring Pakistan. One of the slain militants was a company commander for the group, Batra said. Troops had recovered three AK-47 assault rifles, a grenade launcher, 13 grenades and ammunition from the two encounter sites, he added. Meanwhile, suspected militants late Thursday shot dead a government official and his son in the southern district of Rajouri, said police, who were still investigating the case. More than 44,000 people have died in an insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir since 1989, according to official figures. Separatists and Pakistan say the death toll is twice as high. The violence has continued despite a slow-moving peace process launched by nuclear rivals India and Pakistan in January 2004 to resolve their pending disputes, including over Kashmir.
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