Militants kill three in Kashmir

Police blamed rebels for hanging a 22-year-old Muslim woman in northern Baramulla district.

"She was abducted some 20 days ago and later hanged by militants. Her body was recovered late Sunday," a police spokesman said.

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He said suspected rebels also shot dead two former colleagues in the district of Baramulla and Pulwama in the south, but gave no further details.

No group claimed responsibility for the killings.

The state has seen an overall dip in bloodshed since India and Pakistan launched a peace process in January 2004, but violence has surged in the past month during local elections and talks between the New Delhi government and moderate separatists.

Last week 35 unarmed Hindus were killed by suspected militants.

Officially more than 44,000 people have been killed in Kashmir since the eruption of insurgency against Indian rule in 1989.