SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Four militants, two Indian army troopers and a civilian were killed and three troopers wounded Sunday in a fierce gunfight in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The gunfight broke out at Frisal village of Kulgam district, about 55 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Death toll in today's gunfight rose to seven," a senior police official posted in Anantnag told Xinhua, saying that "the dead include four militants, two troopers and a civilian."
According to the police official, the slain civilian belonged to a family in whose residential house the militants were present.
Though police officials said the civilian was killed in crossfire between militants and troops, locals alleged he was used as a human shield by troopers.
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