Indian security forces fought gun battles with suspected Islamic militants in three parts of Kashmir, killing six guerrillas, police said Wednesday.
Three militants were killed when security forces searched houses in a village in Baramullah, 45 miles north of Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir. The guerrillas belonged to the Pakistan-based Harkat-ul Mujahedeen group, police said.
In a second gun battle Wednesday, security forces killed two guerrillas hiding in a house in Sopore, 35 miles north of Srinagar, police said.
The sixth militant was killed Tuesday night in a shootout between guerrillas and paramilitary forces in Kupwara district, 80 miles north of Srinagar, police said. The dead militant was a member of the Harkat-ul Jihad-e-Islami group, police said.
