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Seven Lashkar men killed

JAMMU, APRIL 18. Seven foreign mercenaries of the Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed and two Army personnel injured in a gunbattle in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir today, a Defence spokesman said here.

Acting on a tip-off, the troops cordoned off the Samba Tehsil area this morning and asked the militants to surrender. But they opened fire triggerring a fierce battle.

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