SRINAGAR: A policeman died and nine security force personnel were injured in held Kashmir following an overnight gun battle with militants, police said Wednesday. "The fighting erupted last Tuesday evening when police and army soldiers ringed a hide-out on a tip-off," a force spokesman said, noting that the militants were holed up in a house. He said the "fierce fighting" was still raging Wednesday near the town of Sopore, about 55 kilometers (34 miles) north of the Kashmiri summer capital Srinagar. ...
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