Indian troops kill 4 Kashmir rebels, sparking fresh clashes

Security personnel run patrolling near the site of a gunbattle in Kangan area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Anti-India protesters clashed Monday (June 8) with Indian government forces near a village in disputed Kashmir where four rebels were killed in a gunbattle. - AFP

SRINAGAR (AP): Anti-India protesters clashed Monday (June 8) with Indian government forces near a village in disputed Kashmir where four rebels were killed in a gunbattle.

Earlier Monday Indian soldiers laid a siege around a village in Kahsmir's southern Shopian area on a tip that militants were hiding there, said Col. Rajesh Kalia, an army spokesman.