SRINAGAR: Two suspected separatists were killed Saturday in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) in a firefight that broke out when government forces intercepted a vehicle they were travelling in, police said.
Superintendent of police, Imtiyaz Hussain, said they had information that separatists were travelling toward the city of Srinagar.
"We intercepted their vehicle near Sopore on the main highway. They lobbed grenades at the forces and were killed in retaliatory fire," Hussain told AFP.
Two police officers, including member of a special anti-militancy group, were injured, Hussain said.
Several separatist groups have for decades fought the 500,000 Indian troops deployed in the region, demanding independence.
The fighting has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead.
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