Gunmen involved in Kashmir attack killed
The heavily-armed men were killed in a military operation on Monday, more than three months after 26 people were gunned down in a popular resort town on April 22.
Shah said all three were Pakistani nationals and identified two of them as members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN-designated extremist group based in Pakistan.
'Indian security agencies have detailed evidence of their involvement in the attack,' he said in Parliament.
Monday's operation took place in the mountains of Dachigam, around 30km from the disputed region's main city of Srinagar, the army said in a statement.
Shah said a security meeting was held immediately after the attack and it was decided that the attackers should not be 'allowed to leave the country and return to Pakistan'. — AFP
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