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Seven killed in fighting in Indian Administered Kashmir

A young Hindu boy caught in crossfire between security forces and militants is among seven people killed in Indian Kashmir.

Police spokesman said the boy was killed and a policeman injured during an overnight gun battle between militants and security forces in a village in the southern district of Doda.

Three separatist Muslim militants were also killed in two different encounters in Srinagar, the Kashmiri summer capital, and Rajouri, a southern district bordering Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

A Muslim civilian was killed in a shooting by a policeman, who was later arrested, in the southern district of Anantnag, police said.

More than 35-thousand people have died in Kashmir since the eruption of armed militancy in 1989.

04/04/2002 05:08:47 | ABC Radio Australia News

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