Kashmir civilian killed, 7 injured during anti-India protest
SRINAGAR, India — A 70-year-old civilian was killed and seven people were injured during an anti-India protest that erupted Thursday following a gunbattle that killed three Indian soldiers and two suspected rebels in disputed Kashmir, police said.
A group of militants stormed a military camp close to the heavily militarized Line of Control dividing the Himalayan region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan, army spokesman Col. Rajesh Kalia said. They hurled grenades and fired automatic weapons at the highly guarded camp in Panzgam, northwest of Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media.
Two militants were killed in an ensuing gunfight, while another was believed to have escaped, the officer said.
He said three soldiers, including an army officer, were killed and five soldiers were wounded in the attack. The injured soldiers were airlifted to the Indian army’s main base in Srinagar for specialized treatment.