NEW DELHI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — A junior commissioned officer of the Indian army’s special forces was killed and three troopers wounded Sunday in a fierce gunfight with militants in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, officers said.

The gunfight broke out in the Keshwan forest area in Kishtwar district, about 215 km southeast of Srinagar city, the summer capital of the Indian-controlled Kashmir.

According to defense officers, the troopers were part of a search team tracing militants responsible for the recent killing of two village defense guards.

The two civilian militia personnel were abducted on Thursday and subsequently killed.

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