Five people were killed in a gun battle between members of a Pakistani militant group and Indian security forces in disputed Kashmir on Sunday as India intensified a security crackdown, including detaining more than 160 separatists this weekend.
Three members of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) — the Pakistan-based group that claimed a Feb. 14 suicide car bombing that killed 40 Indian paramilitary police — died in the shootout, as did a senior police officer and an Indian army soldier, according to the Indian military and police.
Three more soldiers were wounded in the battle in Turigam, a village in South Kashmir's Kulgam district, defense and police officials said. Two of the dead militants were from India, and one a foreigner, said a senior police officer who asked not to be identified.