An Indian paramilitary troop stops a Kashmiri woman during a curfew imposed in Srinagar on July 19, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
Abu Dujana, of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, was gunned down with an accomplice in Pulwama district to the south of the region's summer capital Srinagar, police spokesperson Manoj Pandita said. Acting on a tipoff, police launched a search in the village of Hadripora in the early hours and killed the two in a fierce encounter, Pandita said.
Police fire at student protesters in Indian-held Kashmir
Dujana was implicated in several militant attacks and had a cash reward of 1.5 million rupees on his head. One protester was killed and several injured as clashes broke out at several places across IOK following the incident.
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