Suspected Muslim rebels fired on Indian paramilitary soldiers guarding a bus station in the disputed region of Kashmir on Tuesday, killing three of them, an official said.
A woman bystander was wounded in the shooting in Sopore, a town 35 miles (55 kilometers) northwest of Indian Kashmir's main city Srinagar, said Prabhakar Tripathi, a spokesman for the Central Reserve Police Force.
The assailants fled after the attack, he said.
No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the killings.
Nearly a dozen insurgent groups have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with neighboring Pakistan since 1989. They attack government forces as part of their campaign against Indian rule.
More than 68,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the uprising and subsequent Indian crackdown.
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, which both claim in its entirety. The longtime rivals have fought two wars over its control since they won independence from Britain in 1947.
