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2 soldiers killed in militant ambush

By Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar
April 03, 2004 16:05 IST
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An army officer and a soldier died in a militant ambush at Natnussa in Kupwara district in north Kashmir on Saturday.

Police sources said five armymen were injured in the gun battle and were shifted to a nearby hospital.

Troops later searched the area.
 
A senior police officer said militants ambushed a patrol party of the Rashtriya Rifles. He identified the army officer killed as Captain R D Singh.

 

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Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar