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Indian forces kill 6 militants crossing into Kashmir to disrupt vote

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections at Lar By Fayaz Bukhari HANDWARA, India (Reuters) - Soldiers killed six militants near the border with Pakistan in the Indian state of Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday, in the biggest single-day shootouts in months at the heavily militarized border. The encounter took place in Kupwara in northern Kashmir late on Tuesday, hours after voters turned out in large numbers for a state election that separatists and militants are opposed to. One soldier was killed and four wounded in the gunbattle that lasted several hours, an army officer said. ...




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