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Two suspected rebels killed in Indian Kashmir gun battle

KASHMIR, India (AFP) — Government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir killed two suspected rebels in a gun battle on Monday, police said, and a manhunt was under way for more militants in the disputed Himalayan territory. Soldiers and special counterinsurgency police forces surrounded a neighborhood in Sopore, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the main city of Srinagar, after receiving a tip-off that armed militants were hiding there, triggering a firefight. “Two militants killed in an encounter […]