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Mukhtar Ahmed in Srinagar
Three army soldiers and an equal number of militants were killed in a fierce gun battle at village Kilwani in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Thursday afternoon.
Police sources said militants hiding in a house opened fire on a raiding party of the security forces in the village during a 'cordon and search' operation.
Three soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles died on the spot in the firing by the militants.
The troops later engaged the hiding militants in a fierce encounter during which all three were killed.
The house in which they were hiding was also destroyed.
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