Indian forces kill two suspected rebels in Kashmir

SRINAGAR;INDIA

Government forces in India Kashmir
on Saturday killed two suspected rebels,
a day after two other militants were shot
dead in a gun battle with police,

Forces "move in cautiously"on Saturday
and killed  the two militants after tip offs that
they were hiding out in the Sambasector,
some 350 kilometers  from the regions main
city of  Srinagar,army sources told AFP,

On Friday two armed  militants hijacked a
private jeep and killed the driver before
lobbing grenades into a police station about
20 kilometers from Samba sector before beinga
shot dead by forces,

The attack was the first to hit India's only
Muslim majority state since the ruing Hindu
nationalist Bharatiya Janta Party took power
this month in a coalition government,

Army sources ,however ,could not confirm
whether the rebels involved in Friday 's incident
were in the same group as those killed on Saturday,

AFP