NEW DELHI: Two soldiers and six fighters were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIJO&K), police said Sunday.
Police inspector general Vidhi Kumar Birdi told AFP that authorities in the disputed territory had “carried out two different operations” in villages in the Kulgam district.
Birdi said two members of the security forces had been killed, with clashes continuing in Modergram and Frisal Chinnigam villages. Bodies of two fighters have been retrieved from Modergram, and four others from Frisal Chinnigam, Birdi added.