The shootout started after the militants stormed into the police camp in Pulwama, a town in southern Kashmir, early on Saturday, SP Vaid, the director general of Jammu and Kashmir police, told reporters in Srinagar. A search of the camp was continuing, he said, with all the militants believed to have been killed. Indian troops have killed 134 militants this year, mostly in the past two months, officials said. Some 79 militants are believed to have crossed the LoC into Indian Kashmir in July, according to Indian officials. India accuses Pakistan of training and arming militants and helping them cross the LoC that divides Kashmir.

Source: The Guardian August 26, 2017 17:08 UTC