INDIA: INDIAN SECURITY FORCES SHOW OFF 12 KASHMIRI MILITANTS KILLED IN RECENT SHOOT OUT WITH INDIAN SOLDIERS

Record ID: 1374171

  • Title: INDIA: INDIAN SECURITY FORCES SHOW OFF 12 KASHMIRI MILITANTS KILLED IN RECENT SHOOT OUT WITH INDIAN SOLDIERS
  • Date: 11th August 1998
  • Summary: SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (AUGUST 11, 1998) (ANI) WS/MV BODIES OF KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LYING ON THE GROUND (2 SHOTS) VARIOUS AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS (6 SHOTS) WS/SLV/SCU NEWS CONFERENCE; MAJOR GENERAL V.J.PATANKAR, GOC, INDIAN ARMY SAYING: "TILL LATE LAST NIGHT WE HAVE RECOVERED 12 BODIES, THE SEARCH IS STILL ON, THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT REMAINING TWO-THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND IT'S MATTER OF TIME THAT WE WILL GET HOLD OF REMAINING BODIES" (ENGLISH)/MEDIA (4 SHOTS)
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  • Location: SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA36AXLP2AY9BLA6G3ILFD3RLBC
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: India has put on show the bodies of 12 Kashmiri militants killed on Sunday in a shoot-out with Indian soldiers.They also displayed weapons and communications equipment.

    Indian military officials said on Monday (August 10) the 12 dead Kashmiris were members of the Jamait-Ul-Mujahideen group.

    They were killed in a shoot-out with Indian soldiers on Sunday (August 9) in Jagarpura, a village in the troubled Kashmir Valley, in India.The officials say the fight lasted two days Army sources claim two of the militants were foreign mercenaries who entered the Kashmir valley via Pakistan.

    A large quantity of arms and ammunition were also recovered, including AK-47 rifles, pistols, a rocket launcher and a machine gun.

    Indian army Major General V.J.Patankar said Tuesday his forces returned fire when the militants attacked them with guns, rockets and grenades.Patankar said they were fired on soon after calling on the militants to surrender.

    In a separate incident, activists of a little known Jammu and Kashmir People's League, held an aborted protest march in Srinagar, summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, against the artillery exchange between Indian and Pakistani soldiers.

    The protesters shouted slogans condemn the shoot-out and demanded an immediate end to such attacks.

    The activists planned to submit a memorandum, addressed to UN General Secretary Kofi Annan, to the UN observers' office in Srinagar, but they were prevented by the state police.

    Shooting between Indian and Pakistani troops stationed along the Kashmir ceasefire line had escalated since the two countries conducted nuclear tests in May.

    More than 100 people have been killed in cross-border firing since July 30 alone.
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