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Two guerrillas, woman killed in Kashmir

By IANS

Srinagar : Two separatist guerrillas and a woman were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district when soldiers surrounded the militants’ hideout and fired at them early Saturday.

Police said troops of 29 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and special operations group surrounded a house in Nillah village near Pattan, nearly 45 km from here, where militants were holed up.

“Militants hiding in the house opened fire at the troops, who returned fire. Two militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight. One woman also died,” a police spokesperson said here.