World: IN BRIEF : INDIA : Border Guards Kill 22 From Pakistan
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Border guards shot and killed 22 suspected Muslim militants after they illegally crossed into India from Pakistan, authorities said. A group of 25 crossed the border in the mountainous Kupwara region at dawn, according to a police spokesman, and opened fire when challenged by guards about a half a mile from the frontier. Kupwara is 50 miles northwest of Srinagar, the largest city in India’s Kashmir valley.
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