Srinagar terror siege ends; both terrorists killed
A 23-hour gunbattle that turned Lal Chowk, the heart of Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar, into a war zone ended Thursday, January 7, 2010, noon with two guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) being killed, police said.
Gunbattle in Srinagar
'The operation is over. Two LeT militants have been killed,' Jammu and Kashmir's police chief Kuldeep Khoda told reporters near the shootout site in Lal Chowk - the main business hub in Srinagar.
Text: IANS
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Image: Smoke rising up from the Hotel Punjab where militants were hiding during the gunbattle, in Srinagar on Thursday, January 7, 2010. The 22-hour-long gunbattle ended with security forces killing three militants.
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