Indian police kill Muslim militant

INDIA: Indian policemen killed an Islamist militant on Monday after a gun battle in the heart of New Delhi, police said. The Indian capital has been the target of many attacks by Muslim militants fighting Indian rule in the Kashmir region in the past few years and police have killed several guerrillas in the city over the last decade.

Times Now television said the militant had been killed in the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru stadium complex - one of India's best known sporting arenas - after being surrounded by police.

"Our police team challenged him and he tried to run and fire at the same time ... after a brief encounter he was injured," senior police officer Karnail Singh told reporters. The militant died later in hospital, he said. Television footage showed a pistol lying on the ground and blood stains on leaves and on a wall.

Singh said two other militants were arrested on Monday evening at a railway station with 4 kg (nine pounds) of RDX explosive and detonators. He said police suspected they as well as the killed militant belonged to the Pakistan-based Laskhar-e-Taiba militant group.

New Delhi, Tuesday, Reuters.