Srinagar, Sept 20 (Agencies): The army killed eight militants trying to enter Kashmir from Pakistan on Tuesday and security forces were also fighting suspected militants near the frontier, army officials said, two days after a major attack on a brigade headquarters. A senior Indian army officer told Reuters that his men had spotted a group of intruders trying to cross into Indian territory around Uri on Tuesday. The troops killed at least eight, and had set out to retrieve the bodies and hunt for any survivors, he said. The army said that before Tuesday it had foiled 17 attempts this year, and killed 31 suspected militants. More than 80 civilians have been killed in protests that erupted after Indian security forces killed a militant leader on July 8.

Source: The Telegraph September 20, 2016 15:33 UTC