India said its troops shot dead eight suspected Islamist militants today as they tried to sneak into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side.
The incursion attempt took place in the border district of Kupwara, northwest of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir's summer capital, an army spokesman said.
Eight infiltrators were killed earlier this month, also in the Kupwara area.
There was no immediate comment from militant groups fighting against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region.
Indian security agencies say there has been a spurt of violence and infiltration in the troubled region this summer despite a slow-moving peace process between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
The arch-rivals claim the region in full, rule it in parts and have gone to war over it twice. The insurgency has killed more than 45,000 people since it erupted in 1989, Indian officials say.
