Five killed in militant attack on police camp in Kashmir

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  Dar Yasin / APIndian policemen take cover during a gunbattle in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on March 13, 2013. A team of militants stormed a paramilitary camp Wednesday morning, leaving five soldiers and two militants dead, a police official said.Dar Yasin / APIndian policemen and paramilitary soldiers react during a gunbattle in Srinagar on March 13, 2013. Reuters reports — Two militants hiding automatic rifles and grenades in cricket equipment opened fire on  a paramilitary camp on the Indian side of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing five  Indian personnel and wounding five, police said.

The militants were killed in a gunfight at the Central Reserve Police Force  (CRPF) base just outside the restive city of Srinagar, which has been under  curfew for much of the last few weeks following protests and clashes with  police.

Local media reports said that Hizbul Mujahideen, the bitterly disputed  region's largest militant group, had claimed responsibility for the attack, in  which three civilians were also wounded.

Police said the gunmen approached the camp by mingling with children playing  cricket in a nearby field, hiding their weapons in the cricket gear they were  carrying. Once at the camp, they shot a sentry dead and then fired  indiscriminately into the base. Read the full story.EPAIndian paramilitary soldiers carry a wounded colleague on March 13, 2013. Follow @NBCNewsPictures

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