Agency Report
Five suspected rebels were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, police said, as relatives of two men shot dead during an earlier security operation demanded their bodies be returned.
Clashes between rebels and Indian government forces in the disputed Himalayan territory –- which is divided with Pakistan -– has claimed the lives of at least 140 militants so far this year.
The five were killed during two separate search operations by government forces in Kulgam district, police said in a series of Twitter posts.
The incident came the same day as a sit-in protest staged by relatives and neighbours of two men killed during the search of a commercial building earlier this week in Srinagar, the territory’s main administrative hub.
Police said the men died in “crossfire” on Monday during a shoot-out alongside two suspected rebels also killed in the incident.
