PRESS: Indian Photographer killed in Kashmir

An Indian photographer who was covering the clashes between the security forces and militants in Kashmir was shot to death after reportedly "ignoring warnings" from the security forces yesterday.

Ashok Sodhi, 45, was covering a military operation intended to take out militants who had taken refuge in the town of Samba, some 45 kilometers south of Jammu. Sodhi has been working for the English language Daily Excelsior for almost 25 years.

From Reporters Without Borders:“I was always telling him to keep out of the way of exchanges of fire and this kind of clash”, his wife told news channel CNN-IBN. “However, he would often say that if he had to die in an encounter, he would.”

Here is more about Sodhi.

Meantime, fighting continues in Kashmir with some of the most clashes in the region.

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