By SPA,
Srinagar, India : An Indian army officer and five separatists were among eight people killed in a fierce gun battle raging near the border with Pakistan in Indian part of Kashmir, the army said on Saturday.
The clash, one of the deadliest in recent months, broke out on Friday morning at Machil near the Line of Control, a military control line that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, Reuters reported.
The dead included a colonel and two soldiers.