Relatives console the mother of Zahoor Ahmad Mir, an army porter who was killed in a militant attack in the Bota Pathri area, before his funeral in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, October 25, 2024. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - At least four people, including two soldiers, were killed when militants ambushed an army vehicle in India's restive Kashmir on Thursday night, officials said, the fourth attack in the region in a fortnight and the second this week.
The attacks come close on the heels of a government formed by an opposition alliance taking over in the territory where separatist militants have fought security forces for decades and thousands of people have been killed.
