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2 militants killed, 2 troopers wounded in Kashmir gunfight

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two militants were killed, while two Indian military troopers including an officer wounded in a fierce gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said on Friday.

The gunfight broke out in Tangdhar sector of frontier Kupwara district, about 152 km northwest of Srinagar city, summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

"Two militants were killed by our vigilant troopers posted along LoC in Tangdhar, while they were trying to intrude deep into our territory," a Srinagar-based Indian military spokesman said.

"Two army personnel including an officer were wounded fighting these militants."

Media reports said the gunfight started on Wednesday and continued until late Thursday evening.

The identification of the killed militants was not immediately known. Endi