15-year-old boy, 2 rebels killed during fighting in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India — A 15-year-old boy was killed Thursday during an anti-India protest in disputed Kashmir triggered by a gunbattle in which two suspected rebels died, police and villagers said.
Senior police officer S.P. Vaid said the gunbattle began early Thursday after troops cordoned off southern Padgampora village on a tip that militants were hiding in a house.
As the fighting raged, villagers tried to march to the area and attacked government forces with rocks to help the militants escape, Vaid said.
Villagers said the troops fired live ammunition, tear gas and shotgun pellets at the protesters, killing a 15-year-old boy and wounding three others, one critically.