SRINAGAR:
Eight Kashmiri freedom fighters embraced martyrdom in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in a series of separate clashes with the occupation forces over the past two days, it emerged on Friday.
According to the police, shooting broke out on Thursday when Indian soldiers launched a search for reported armed men in the southern Kulgam area, with five of them died on Friday, police said.
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In a separate clash, also on Thursday, Indian security forces clamed to have killed two fighters near the Line of Control. Another fighter was killed on Friday in the Rajouri area during a shootout with soldiers, a police statement said, reporting a “huge” stash of arms had been seized.
