KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: Kashmir's main separatist alliance accused the Indian army of, in its words, "desecrating mosques" after a shootout in the region. But the alliance also urged militants not to use religious places for their operations. The comments come after Indian troops killed six separatists in a gun battle at a mosque. The army says it exercised restraint throughout the standoff. Suhasini Haider reports.</s>SUHASINI HAIDER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Earlier troops tightened their siege around the mosque at Shangus area where a group of three or four militants had taken refuge after a shootout on Sunday evening. One special police officer was killed in Sunday's shootout. Security forces began to search the village. And after checking residents, they cordoned off the area. Fierce gun battles followed, and early this morning, two militants were killed as they tried to escape from the mosque. When army commandos entered the mosque, they found the bodies of six militants, along with their weapons. Two weeks ago in a similar siege at the mosque in
In Kashmiri Dispute, Indian Troops Kill Six Separatists in Gun Battle at Mosque