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Indian troops kill Kashmir militants, rescue hostages
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) — Indian troops have shot dead three Muslim militants in Kashmir and freed seven hostages they seized after going on a killing spree, the army said Thursday.
"The operation is over. We killed third militant early today (Thursday)," Indian army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel S.D. Goswami told AFP from the stand-off on the outskirts of Hindu-dominated Jammu city.
The army, backed by paramilitaries, had killed the two other militants on Wednesday evening during a fierce gunbattle.
Goswami said soldiers were able to rescue seven women and children, but three men who were also taken hostage were killed by the militants.
The army had earlier said only women and children were hostages.
Earlier on Wednesday, the militants, wearing...
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