10 killed in J&K violence

SRINAGAR, MAY 24. Ten people, including six militants and two policemen, were killed and four cops wounded in separate incidents, while militants abducted three persons in Jammu and Kashmir since last evening, an official spokesman said here today.

Three militants and an Afghan national were arrested by security forces. A huge cache of arms and ammunition were seized from them.

Normal life was disrupted today in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley following a two-day Hurriyat Conference- sponsored strike, even as the Hurriyat leader, Mr. Yaseen Malik, began a 36-hour hunger strike to protest ``growing incidents of custodial killings'' in the State.

Meanwhile, police arrested two persons in connection with the killing of Power Minister, Ghulam Hassan Bhat, last week, which they said was masterminded by Hizbul Mujahideen.

- PTI, UNI

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