Pakistan: Cross-border fire kills four Kashmiris

Four people, including two children, have been killed and 10 others wounded in cross-border fire in disputed Kashmir, the latest casualties in ongoing skirmishes between Pakistan and India.


"At the Line of Control [LoC] four civilians embraced shahadat [martyrdom] and 10 were injured," Pakistan's military said in a brief statement on Monday.

"There are reports of heavy casualties of Indian soldiers due to effective retaliatory fire by Pakistani troops," it added, claiming at least six Indian troops had been killed.

No immediate response to the allegation came from Indian officials.

Pakistani officials said two children and a woman were among those killed on Monday in heavy shelling by Indian forces in three separate sectors along the LoC - the de facto border - in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
 [aljazeera.com]
21/11/16
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