AFP, SRINAGAR, India: Indian soldiers shot dead four suspected rebels Friday near the heavily militarised border in Kashmir as they tried to sneak in from the Pakistani side of the divided territory, an army spokesman said.
The group of armed men were intercepted by Indian soldiers when they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) early morning in Gurez, about 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of the main city of Srinagar. “The infiltration bid was foiled and the four terrorists were killed,” Indian army spokesman Colonel N. N. Joshi told AFP.
India regularly accuses Pakistan of arming and training rebels to infiltrate what it sees as its territory.