SRINAGAR, India: A member of India's air force was killed and four more injured when suspected rebels ambushed a military convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir, an official statement said, as campaigning for national elections continues in the disputed territory. The convoy was attacked by an unknown number of armed militants who sprayed automatic rifle fire towards at least one air force truck in the mountainous Poonch area, 200 kilometers south of the main city of Srinagar, the air force said in a statement. Five air force personnel were hit in the firefight late Saturday and "one Air Warrior succumbed to his injuries later," it said, identifying the dead man as a corporal. In April, three suspected rebels were killed and a police officer and three soldiers wounded in three separate clashes across the territory. Voting in India's six-week-long national election, which started last month, will end on June 1.
