5 Indian soldiers die in 2-day clash

JAMMU, India — Shooting between soldiers and militants holed up inside an army camp in Indian-controlled Kashmir left at least five soldiers and one civilian dead, officials said Sunday, the second day of the battle.

Today, officials announced the end of the gunbattle. S.P. Vaid, the region’s top police official, said the three militants involved in the attack were killed by late Sunday.

The fighting began at dawn Saturday when the militants stormed the Sunjuwan army base on the outskirts of the city of Jammu. At least 11 people were injured.

Security forces swept through the camp slowly, since soldiers and their families live there, Vaid said.

The Himalayan region of Kashmir is divided between India and archrival and neighbor Pakistan. Both claim the region in its entirety.

Anti-India sentiment runs deep among Kashmir’s mostly Muslim population. Several militant groups have been fighting for Kashmir’s independence from India or its merger with Pakistan since 1989. About 70,000 people have been killed.