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Six killed in Indian Kashmir

Six people have been killed in Indian Kashmir, including two policemen and a 17-year-old Muslim girl.

The teenager and a policemen were killed after unidentified gunmen barged into their residence in the northern district of Kupwara, shooting them dead.

In a separate incident, suspected militants shot dead another police officer near Sopore town, north of the summer capital Srinagar.

Three more people died in seperate incidents.

Meanwhile Indian troops have recovered arms and explosives near the disputed Kashmir border with Pakistan.

Twenty kilograms of plastic explosives, 50 grenades, five landmines and a pistol have been recovered from a suspected militant hideout

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