6 militants, 3 jawans killed in J&K gun battle

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers are seen at the international border with Pakistan in Samba sector, Jammu, India, Friday, May 16, 2008. Officials said on Friday that additional companies of BSF will be deployed on the 187 kilometer (116 miles) long international border in Jammu sector in order to check infiltration from across the border. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Six foreign militants and three Army jawans were killed in a gun battle that broke out along the Line of Control in the Kupwara sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, troops picked up the movement of a group of infiltrating militants in 104 forward location along the LoC in Kupwara and launched an operation, triggering the encounter, a senior Army official at the Udhampur-based Northern Command told PTI.