Eight militants killed in Kashmir battle

SRINAGAR - Eight militants have been killed in a fierce gun battle that began Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir\’s Kupwara district, a military spokesperson said Saturday.

Brigadier Gurmeet Singh of the army\’s 15 corps here told reporters that the fighting broke out when a group of heavily-armed infiltrators tried to sneak into Keran sector along the Line of Control (LoC) Wednesday.

\”So far, eight terrorists have been killed in the operation,\” he