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Srinagar, Kashmir
Three suspected militants were shot dead by security forces in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, the first such incident since the easing of a clampdown on mobile phone connections.
Soldiers raided a village in Anantnag district following intelligence reports that a group of armed rebels had taken shelter there. Three rebels were killed and arms and ammunition recovered, police sources said.
The three men had been identified as belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist militant group. The incident comes soon after mobile phone services were partially restored in the Jammu and Kashmir region on Monday. Text messaging services were, however, blocked again after a few hours later after a truck driver was killed by suspected rebels and his vehicle set ablaze.
India stripped Muslim-majority Kashmir of its special autonomous status on August 5 and imposed restrictions on movement and communications to contain any possible backlash.
Thousands of troops were deployed and hundreds of political activists were detained. Landline phone connectivity and restrictions on movement were eased earlier along with a ban on tourists travelling to the region.
Srinagar, Kashmir
Three suspected militants were shot dead by security forces in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, the first such incident since the easing of a clampdown on mobile phone connections.
Soldiers raided a village in Anantnag district following intelligence reports that a group of armed rebels had taken shelter there. Three rebels were killed and arms and ammunition recovered, police sources said.
The three men had been identified as belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist militant group. The incident comes soon after mobile phone services were partially restored in the Jammu and Kashmir region on Monday. Text messaging services were, however, blocked again after a few hours later after a truck driver was killed by suspected rebels and his vehicle set ablaze.
India stripped Muslim-majority Kashmir of its special autonomous status on August 5 and imposed restrictions on movement and communications to contain any possible backlash.
Thousands of troops were deployed and hundreds of political activists were detained. Landline phone connectivity and restrictions on movement were eased earlier along with a ban on tourists travelling to the region.
