Two soldiers and two separatist rebels were killed today in fighting in Kashmir, police said.
The fierce gunbattle in the Kokernag area of south Kashmir followed two grenade attacks last night that injured over 30 people, mainly civilians.
Police said the two militants killed today were members of the outlawed Pakistan-based separatist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. A soldier was also wounded in the gunbattle, they said.
Yesterday, 16 civilians were wounded when militants hurled a grenade in Budgam district west of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
In another attack late yesterday, six Indian security force personnel and 11 civilians were wounded by a grenade thrown at a patrol in Pulwama district, south of Srinagar, police said.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the two grenade attacks. About a dozen militant groups are fighting Indian rule, demanding independence or a merger with neighbouring Pakistan.