India Says Three Militants Linked to Kashmir Attack Killed
Indian security personnel stand guard along a street in Srinagar on May 15.
Photographer: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty ImagesIndia’s Home Minister Amit Shah told lawmakers on Tuesday that the security forces had killed the main perpetrators of the Kashmir attack in April, in an operation that comes amid opposition scrutiny over alleged intelligence failure in the incident.
During a discussion in the lower house of Parliament, Shah confirmed that three militants had been killed in an operation by the Indian armed forces in Kashmir on Monday. “In the Operation Mahadev, Suleiman alias Faizal, Afghan and Jibran, these three terrorists were killed,” Shah said.