Indian troops cordoned off the village of Kalgi and began searching the houses there. Indian forces claimed that they were fired upon, and while responding, they gunned down three people.
Grenade attack on minister kills three in India-occupied Kashmir
They went on to add that the three people were foreigners and that the forces had been searching the area on a tip-off.
Indian security forces often open fire at civilians under the garb of search operations in held Kashmir. Pakistan has been urging international community, the United Nations and human rights organisations to bring the state terrorism in Kashmir to a halt.
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