Three suspected militants killed in a gunbattle in the disputed region of Kashmir were responsible for a shooting massacre in which more than two dozen people died and that led to a military clash between India and Pakistan earlier this year,

SRINAGAR, India -- Indian troops killed three suspected militants in a gunfight in a forested area in disputed Kashmir, officials said Monday.

India’s home minister says three suspected militants who were killed in a gunfight in disputed Kashmir a day earlier were responsible for the gun massacre in the region that led to a military clash between India and Pakistan.