Eight killed in gun battles in Indian Kashmir

NEW DELHI, July 7: Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said Sunday.
Kashmir police inspector general Vidhi Kumar Birdi told AFP that authorities in the disputed territory had "carried out two different operations" in villages in the Kulgam district.
Birdi said two members of the security forces had been killed, with clashes continuing in Modergram and Frisal Chinnigam villages.
"We have retrieved the bodies of two terrorists from Modergram, and four others from Frisal Chinnigam," said Birdi.  
This is the latest incident in an uptick of attacks in the disputed territory. India and Pakistan both claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in full and have fought three wars for control of the Himalayan region.    —AFP