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At least 3 Indian soldiers killed as soldiers opened fire on each other.

25 December,2011 02:57 pm

An official says a group of paramilitary soldiers have opened fire on each other inside a camp in Indian held Kashmir, killing three soldiers.Paramilitary spokesman Mohsen Shahedi said Sunday that officials were investigating the cause of the altercation inside the paramilitary camp in Kulgam, a town in the disputed Himalayan region.One soldier was also critically wounded in Saturday nights incident.A number of Indian military and paramilitary soldiers deployed in Kashmir have been killed in similar incidents in the past.There are estimated 700,000 Indian troops in Indian Kashmir, fighting a deadly insurgency since 1989. More than 68,000 people have died in the conflict.