SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Indian troops killed two militants in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.
The gunfight broke out at Malwari-Newa village of Pulwama district, around 25 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Today two militants were killed in a firefight at Malwari- Newa village of Pulwama," Col. N N Joshi, Indian military spokesman in Srinagar, told Xinhua.
"The gunfight was triggered after joint contingents of Indian army and police cordoned off the village following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the area."
Indian army or police have not suffered any damage in the standoff, Joshi said.
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