Indian troops have killed three suspected militants in a gunfight in Kashmir. Officials said Monday the clash occurred in a forested area near the disputed region's main city of Srinagar.

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan each administer part of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, but both claim the territory in its entirety.View on euronews

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament on Tuesday that the three militants killed in a gun battle in a Kashmir forest this week were the perpetrators of the April 22 attack and that New Delhi had found evidence to back it.