Indian army kills 3 in Kashmir, Pakistan claims death of its 40 civilians, 11 soldiers last week

The Indian army on Tuesday said it killed three militants in a gunfight in restive Indian-administrated Kashmir, reported Xinhua.

The gunfight, according to the army, broke out inside the forest area of Shopian district, about 75 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The army has not revealed the identities of the slain militants.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani military said on Tuesday that at least 40 civilians, including 15 children and seven women, were killed and 121 others injured in Indian missile strikes across Pakistan last week.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, in response, the Pakistan Armed Forces launched a precise retaliatory campaign under Operation Bunyanun Marsoos (Concrete Structure).

While defending the homeland, 11 members of the Pakistan Armed Forces were killed and 78 others sustained injuries, the ISPR said.

The statement added that six of the dead belonged to the Pakistan Army, and five were from the Pakistan Air Force.

Source: www.dailyfinland.fi