Two Kashmiri separatists were killed by Indian security forces in what has been alleged as a fierce gunfight in restive India-controlled Kashmir, police said on Friday. Three Indian security forces’ personnel were also injured.
The gunfight broke out Thursday morning at village Kalantara Kandi in Baramulla district, about 47 km west of Srinagar city, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir.
Two Kashmiri separatists were killed in a “fierce gunfight with joint contingents of police and paramilitary at Kalantara here that concluded late in the night" a senior police official posted in Baramulla told Xinhua.
“three troopers were wounded and they have been removed to hospital," the police said.
Authorities have suspended mobile internet service in both districts and closed roads leading to the gunfight sites.
