An army soldier was killed in a gunfight between guerrillas and security forces in Kashmir, police said Wednesday.
The incident took place in north Kashmir's Kupwara district late Tuesday.
"One sepoy of the army was killed in a gunfight which occurred near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar town late yesterday (Tuesday) night," a police officer said.
Police sources told IANS that a gunfight was on between separatist guerrillas and the security forces in the border town late Tuesday.