At Least Two Killed In Kashmir Gunbattle Amid Rising Tensions

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At Least Two Killed In Kashmir Gunbattle Amid Rising Tensions
RFE/RL

Indian security forces killed a suspected militant in a gunbattle in Kashmir on August 21, police said, the first clash since New Delhi removed the special status of the territory this month.

A police officer was also killed in the fighting that erupted in Baramulla in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.

Thousands of additional paramilitary troops have been deployed in Kashmir to control the insurgency and on August 20 they raided the old part of Baramulla, a police officer said.

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