AP, Srinagar :
Suspected rebels wearing army uniforms stormed an Indian police station in Kashmir, killing a policeman and sparking a four-hour gun battle that left two paramilitary soldiers, two militants and a civilian dead near the border between Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the disputed Himalayan region, police said.
At least seven paramilitary officers, two policemen and a second civilian were also wounded in the fighting on the outskirts of Kathua town in the region of Jammu. Indian forces also rescued at least two dozen paramilitary and police officers who had been trapped inside the station, police said.
Indian army and paramilitary soldiers have cordoned off the area, and traffic on the nearby main highway connecting Jammu region with the rest of country has been suspended.
Suspected rebels wearing army uniforms stormed an Indian police station in Kashmir, killing a policeman and sparking a four-hour gun battle that left two paramilitary soldiers, two militants and a civilian dead near the border between Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the disputed Himalayan region, police said.
At least seven paramilitary officers, two policemen and a second civilian were also wounded in the fighting on the outskirts of Kathua town in the region of Jammu. Indian forces also rescued at least two dozen paramilitary and police officers who had been trapped inside the station, police said.
Indian army and paramilitary soldiers have cordoned off the area, and traffic on the nearby main highway connecting Jammu region with the rest of country has been suspended.
