2 civilians, Indian cop killed in IHK clash


SRINAGAR  - Police in Indian-occupied Kashmir said Tuesday that two suspected rebels and a police officer were killed in a gunbattle in the disputed Himalayan region.Police officer Manoj Panditha said in addition to the dead, one Indian army soldier was wounded in the fighting late Monday in the southern Kashmir village of Dodhiporao.Panditha said Tuesday that police believed men belonged to the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba. There has been no independent confirmation of the incident.About 68,000 people have been killed since 1989 in an armed struggle against Indian rule and in an ensuing Indian crackdown that has largely crushed the freedom fighters.

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