Eight Islamic separatists, including six who infiltrated from Pakistani territory, were shot dead by security forces in Kashmir, a police spokesman said today.
Six militants who entered via Sawjian in the southern district of Poonch were killed last night in gunbattles after they refused Indian troops' demands that they surrender, police said. Police said all the dead militants were foreigners and had infiltrated in two batches through the Line of Control - the de facto border which divides Kashmir into Indian- and Pakistani-administered regions. Two more militants were shot dead by security forces in Kashmir yesterday, the spokesman said. AFP