Srinagar, Nov. 18 (TNS): \u00a0At least five freedom fighters were martyred and an Indian air force (IAF) commando was killed while a trooper wounded on Saturday in an ongoing fierce gunfight in restive Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK).<\/p>\n
The gunfight erupted at village Hajin in Bandipora, about 32 km north of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n
“In an intense gunfight today in Hajin, Bandiora, five militants were killed,” Col Rajesh Kalia, Indian army spokesperson said. “While fighting militants, one IAF garud was killed and an army trooper injured.”<\/p>\n
The gunfight triggered after joint contingents of Indian military, paramilitary and police cordoned off the area on specific intelligence inputs about presence of freedom fighters.<\/p>\n
According to officials, the slain IAF commando was part of the joint team that took on militants in the village.<\/p>\n
Last month two IAF personnel were killed in a similar gunfight in the village.<\/p>\n
A guerilla war is going on between freedom fighters and Indian troops stationed in Indian- occupied Kashmir since 1989. The gunfight between the two sides takes place intermittently across the region.<\/p>\n
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