Indian soldiers among four shot dead in Occupied Kashmir ambush

Gunmen in Indian-occupied Kashmir ambushed an army vehicle and killed four people including two soldiers, officials said Friday, days after gunmen killed seven construction workers in the disputed territory.

India's army confirmed a brief exchange of fire with gunmen late Thursday in the vicinity of Gulmarg.

India's Chinar Corps army unit paid tribute to the two slain riflemen, expressing "deepest condolences" and "solidarity with the bereaved families" in a post Friday on social media platform X.

A local government official told AFP two civilian porters engaged by the army were also killed, declining to be named because he was not authorised to speak to media.

The official said the porters were traveling with soldiers when their vehicle was "ambushed".