AFP: Kashmir braces for the worst as shelling, gun battles escalate
Indian forces on Friday fought battles with militants in Kashmir that left seven dead, whilst being dragged into fierce artillery barrages with Pakistani rivals along the troubled territory's angry ceasefire line.
At least one person was killed by mortar fire that has intensified in a worrying sign that Kashmir faces prolonged fallout from new hostilities between India and Pakistan.
Seven people were killed in the latest raids that have been staged virtually daily since an Islamist suicide bomber hit a convoy in the Himalayan region on February 14 killing 40 Indian paramilitaries.
Troops laid siege to a house in the Handwara district of India's only Muslim-majority state, believing they had killed two militants inside.
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WNU Editor: This is the new normal in Indian controlled Kashmir .... Five security personnel martyred in encounter with terrorist in Kupwara; civilian dies in clashes (Times of India).
