Gov't forces kill 3 militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight

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SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Three militants were killed Thursday in a gunfight with government forces in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.

The gunfight erupted at village Kanigam in Shopian district, about 55 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

"Today early morning a gunfight broke out in Nathipora village here in which three militants were killed," a senior police official posted in Shopian said.

"Gunfight in the area started after joint contingents of police and army cordoned off the area. No sooner they reached the suspected area, they came under a grenade attack, evoking a retaliation."

The slain militants were the local cadres and newly recruits.

A senior police official said after the locality was cordoned off, the four trapped militants were asked to lay down arms and surrender.

"Only one of them surrendered, while as three turned down the offer and got killed," the police official said.

According to police, the government forces have not suffered any damage in the stand-off.

An Indian army official said they recovered three pistols from the spot.

On Tuesday two militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with government forces in the region's Sopore of Baramulla district.

Gunfights between militants and government forces take place intermittently in the region.

Meanwhile, police on Thursday morning said the burial of senior separatist leader Mohammad Ashraf Khan (Sehrai) was completed as per COVID-19 protocol in presence of family members at his native place in Kupwara.

Sehrai chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (freedom movement) was undergoing detention at a jail in Jammu, the region's winter capital, since July last year. He was admitted on Tuesday evening to the government medical college (GMC) hospital Jammu after he complained of breathing problems in the jail.

On Wednesday Sehrai passed away in the hospital and authorities said he had COVID-19 symptoms. Enditem

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