Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Army Col gunned down by militants in N Kashmir

A senior Indian army officer has been killed in a gun battle with separatist militants in Indian-administered Kashmir. Colonel Neeraj Sood was "leading his troops" when he was gunned down by militants in Lolab area, the army said. He is the highest ranking officer to be killed by militants in Kashmir in 2010. A spokesman for the Indian army said the operations against militants, launched by Col Sood before he was killed, is still on in the forested areas of Lolab, north of the capital, Srinagar. It is not clear whether the militants have suffered any casualties in the clashes.

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