Thirteen people have died, including nine civilians, in a gunfight between militants and soldiers in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state and the clashes that followed, police said on Saturday.
The gunfight took place in the early morning in Sirnoo village in Pulwama district as a joint team of the army and paramilitary personnel searched for militants after receiving “credible intelligence,” police sources said.
One soldier and three militants died in the ensuing gunfight. Two other soldiers were seriously injured.
Local youths then tried to march to the site of the gunbattle, leading to clashes with security forces and police. Police tried to disperse them using teargas, and live fire.
At least nine civilians died and 10 people were injured, police said. Eyewitnesses quoted by local media said more than 40 people were injured.
News channel NDTV quoted eyewitnesses as saying the local youths killed had bullet injuries in their heads and chests. Several injured people were being…
