5 cops killed in rebel raid on Kashmir camp
AFP, Srinagar
Kashmiri militants hurling grenades killed five policemen and injured seven when they stormed a security camp in Indian Kashmir yesterday, sparking a fierce gunbattle, police said. The attack began just before dawn and fighting was still going on in early afternoon in Sopore town, north of Srinagar, summer capital of insurgency-racked Indian Kashmir. The rebels barricaded themselves inside the camp's ammunition depot and were hurling grenades every time police tried to move in on them, police said. Police said it was unclear how many militants were involved in the raid. "One or two militants barged into the camp after hurling grenades under cover of darkness" and a heavy gunbattle ensued, a police spokesman said.
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