3 militant commanders killed in Kashmir

Indian security forces shot dead three top commanders of the main Islamic militant group fighting to merge Indian Kashmir with Pakistan, police said yesterday.
Two of the militants were killed in a gunbattle while the third was shot dead in a separate incident nearby, they said.
"The (two) militants were killed in a fierce gunbattle with police and soldiers in Khawaja Bagh" north of the summer capital Srinagar, senior superintendent of police Anand Jain told AFP.
The fighting erupted early Wednesday and carried on for several hours until police and soldiers raided a house where the rebels were hiding, Jain said. Two civilians were also wounded.