Srinagar - Five Islamic separatist militants are among eight people killed in overnight violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said yesterday.
A Muslim militant and an Indian soldier died in a clash 50 kilometres north of Srinagar, police said. Two more soldiers were injured after Indian troops moved into Watergam to conduct house-to-house searches. Another militant and a policeman were killed in a gunbattle in the border district of Kupwara, a police spokesman said. Indian border guards also shot dead a militant at Tuli Nowpora village.