In a very bad day for the security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say nine soldiers were killed in three incidents on Sunday. Six members of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force, or CRPF, were killed as their vehicle ran over a landmine at Beerwah, in the central district of Budgam. Another three soldiers were injured, one of them seriously.
Militants appear to have detonated the landmine by remote control.
No group has yet admitted responsibility for the attack. Police say a deputy commandant and another two soldiers of the BSF were killed. Three militants died. The BSF torched the residential house where the militants had taken up positions. The fire then spread to other houses.