SRINAGAR, India (AP) - Government forces ended a hostage crisis early Thursday in the mainly Hindu city of Jammu in Indian Kashmir when they killed the last of three rebels believed to have seized eight people, army officials said.

The slaying ended a 20-hour gunbattle with rebels who were hiding inside a two-story concrete building in the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of India’s Jammu-Kashmir state, said senior army official D.L. Chowdhary.

Two hostages died in the gunbattle, along with the three militants, Chowdhary said. The other six hostages, including four children, survived, Chowdhary said.