SHOPIAN: Three Indian soldiers and a woman were killed when freedom fighters attack a patrol in Indian occupied South Kashmir (IoK) early on Thursday, part of an upsurge of violence that has hit the restive northern region as it emerges from winter.
An army and police party was returning from a village in the Shopian district of IoK when it came under attack. Four soldiers were wounded in the one-hour firefight, according to police and witnesses.
"Around 2 in the night (2030 GMT), we woke up after hearing firing on the road," the son of the woman told Reuters Television.
"Our mother was sleeping upstairs. The firing stopped after an hour and when we went upstairs, we found our mother dead."
Television footage showed grieving relatives; a red van with shattered windows and shards of glass on the front seat; pools of blood on the ground and bullet marks on the walls of buildings.
A search was under way for the assailants in the latest in an upsurge since Feb. 12 that has killed eight soldiers in IoK.
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