NEW DELHI, March 30 — A leading pro-independence militant was killed in fighting in Jammu and Kashmir today and 10 other people died in a separate incident, the authorities said. The deaths struck a blow against the powerful movement that has swept the region for more than four months.
‘The incidents followed clashes on Thursday in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir state, where 11 people, including a paramilitary soldier, were killed in shootings between militants and security forces.
Some news reports said the others who died were militants and their supporters, other accounts said they were civilians, including a child, who were shopping in the area and who were caught by bullets when troops fired back at the militants.
Both sides have stepped up their activities recently, the militants with attacks and gun battles with troops and the security forces with sweeping searches.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 13, 1990
