Five rebels and Indian policeman killed in Kashmir

Kashmiri villagers gather near a car and a house damaged during a gun battle between government forces and suspected rebels in Bijbehara (Mukhtar Khan/AP)

Government forces killed five suspected rebels, including a teenager, in two gun fights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said on Sunday.

A policeman was also killed by unknown gunmen in a separate attack in the disputed Himalayan region.