Indian forces shot and killed four suspected Islamic militants in clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, while a policeman died in a raid on a home, police said.
The police officer and two militants were killed when Indian forces raided a house on the outskirts of the region's main city, Srinagar, said Prabhakar Tripathi, a spokesman for the Central Reserve Police Force.
One militant and three officers also were wounded in the gunbattle that lasted several hours, said Tripathi.
The army killed two militants during a separate gunbattle in the village of Nariwan, 37 miles (60 kilometers) south of Srinagar, after receiving a tip they were hiding there, said Muneer Khan, a senior police officer.
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, but claimed by both. The two countries have fought two wars over the territory since they gained independence from Britain in 1947.
Rebels have been fighting since 1989 to win Kashmir's independence or have the Indian-controlled two-thirds of the predominantly Muslim Himalayan region merged with Pakistan.
More than 68,000 people, most of them civilians, have died since the start of the rebellion.
