Bear kills two militants in Kashmir: Indian policeIndian police on Tuesday Tuesday: see week. credited a wild bear for killing two senior militants in the disputed region of Kashmir Kashmir (kăshmēr`, kăsh`mēr), region and former princely state, 85,714 sq mi (222,236 sq km), NW India, NE Pakistan, and SW China. Kashmir is bordered on the west by Pakistan, on the south by India, and on the north and east by China. , where insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. have fought against New Delhi's rule since 1989. The bodies of the rebels were recovered on Monday from forests in the southern district of Kulgam, a police spokesman said. "The two had been mauled to death by a wild bear," he said, adding two rifles were found near their bodies. The men -- known by the names Saifullah and Qaiser -- were members of the region's most powerful group Hizbul Mujahedin Noun 1. mujahedin - a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; "some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists" mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahideen, mujahidin and had been active in Indian Kashmir for more than six years, police said. Armed rebels in the Muslim-majority region often use the densely forested mountains as their hide-outs. 
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