Srinagar, Kashmir (SPA) - At least four suspected insurgents were killed in a gun battle with soldiers in India-administered Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. In a joint operation, soldiers from the Rashtriya Rifles, an anti- insurgency unit of the Indian Army, and the local police shot dead the suspected insurgents in the Lolab area of Kupwara district, 150 kilometres north-west of the state capital Srinagar. "The gun-battle erupted after the militants fired on security personnel who were carrying out search operations in the area," army spokesman Colonel AK Mathur was quoted as saying by DPA.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/445247
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