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Monday, 9 December, 2002, 10:18 GMT

Fourteen dead in Kashmir violence

At least 14 people, including eight suspected Islamic militants, have been killed and nine others wounded in a series of incidents in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Police said three militants were shot dead in a gun battle with Indian security forces near Poonch, south-west of Srinagar.

In a separate incident, nine soldiers were wounded when suspected militants fired grenades at a camp in Srinagar.

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