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10 Mujahideen killed in Kashmir violence

SRINAGAR: Ten people including seven freedom fighters were killed in shootouts in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.

"Security forces on Friday evening shot dead five Mujahideen at Path-Nambal area and recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition from the site including four automatic rifles and one machine gun," a police spokesman said.

Suspected Mujahideen in the same district shot dead three people, police said.

In another gun battle on Friday, Indian soldiers shot dead two Mujahideen at Sangla village of Poonch, southwest of Srinagar, they said.-Reuters