Three suspected militants killed in a gunbattle in the disputed region of Kashmir were responsible for a shooting massacre in which more than two dozen people died and that led to a military clash between India and Pakistan earlier this year,

SRINAGAR, India -- Indian troops killed three suspected militants in a gunfight in a forested area in disputed Kashmir, officials said Monday.

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan each administer part of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, but both claim the territory in its entirety.View on euronews