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2 Militants Killed After 22-Hour Standoff in Indian Kashmir
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Smoke emits from a hotel where suspected rebels had taken shelter after an initial attack Wednesday after troops entered the same in Srinagar, India, 07 Jan 2010
In Indian Kashmir, two suspected Islamic militants have been killed following a 22-hour standoff with security forces in the heart of its summer capital. Incident is the first major attack by separatist militants in Srinagar in nearly two years.
Police say the militants were shot dead Thursday, after commandoes stormed a hotel where the gunmen took refuge after launching grenades and spraying gunfire in Srinagar's main business district.
Security forces evacuated hundreds of people from the hotel and nearby buildings before mounting the operation. The exchange of gunfire between police and militants, which began Wednesday afternoon, continued for almost a day in an area which usually hums with activity. The hotel building caught fire by the time the siege ended.
A policeman and a civilian were killed and several other people were wounded in the assault by the militants -- the biggest witnessed in Indian Kashmir's summer capital for nearly two years.
Kashmir Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda says the siege followed a concerted effort by Islamic militants to step up attacks in Indian Kashmir.
Security forces evacuated hundreds of people from the hotel and nearby buildings before mounting the operation. The exchange of gunfire between police and militants, which began Wednesday afternoon, continued for almost a day in an area which usually hums with activity. The hotel building caught fire by the time the siege ended.
A policeman and a civilian were killed and several other people were wounded in the assault by the militants -- the biggest witnessed in Indian Kashmir's summer capital for nearly two years.
Kashmir Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda says the siege followed a concerted effort by Islamic militants to step up attacks in Indian Kashmir.
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