Five policemen killed in Kashmir

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say at least six people, including five police officers, have been killed in an attack by suspected separatist militants.

They said armed guerrillas had ambushed the vehicle in which the policemen were travelling in the district of Anantnag, fifty kilometres south of the state's summer capital, Srinagar.

No one has admitted responsibility for the attack, which came a day after India extended its unilateral ceasefire in the state by another three months.

The Indian Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, said that despite the truce, security forces would take tough action against any group which continued with violence.

Most of the militant groups have rejected the ceasefire.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service