Two militants killed in shopping centre stand-off

Government forces today killed two suspected Islamic militants hiding in a shopping complex near the residence of India’s most senior elected official in Kashmir, ending a 24-hour stand-off, police said.

Two commandos were wounded as they raided the complex at daybreak and were fired at by suspected rebels holed up on the top floor of the four-story complex, said R S Bhullar, the deputy inspector general of Border Security Force.