WorldA seven-year-old girl and three militants were killed in a shootout with government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The girl and a young boy were hit by stray bullets more than 100 metres from the firefight, Vaid added. Last week a teenager was killed by a stray bullet during a skirmish between government and rebel forces outside the main city of Srinagar. Around 500,000 Indian soldiers are deployed in the region and the fighting has killed tens of thousands, most of them civilians. At least 29 armed militants, mostly locals, have died fighting government forces this year.

Source: Sunday Times March 15, 2017 12:56 UTC