Indian cross-border fire kills Pakistani: Police
A house in the Pakistani village of Battal also caught fire after shells exploded.
MUZAFFARABAD:
Cross-border fire from Indian troops has killed a man and wounded three other civilians in two Pakistani villages, local officials said Monday.
The shooting was reported along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border that separates Indian and Pakistani-administered zones in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have observed a ceasefire in Kashmir since November 2003, despite sporadic small-time clashes and accusations of violations from both sides.
"A civilian was killed and three others, two women and one man, were wounded in firing by Indian troops in Madarpur village on the LoC late Sunday," local government official Sardar Khalil Ahmed told AFP.
A house in the Pakistani village of Battal also caught fire after shells exploded and investigators have been sent to assess further damage in the remote mountainous area, he added.
Local police station chief Sardar Farooq confirmed the incident and casualties.
India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir, which has been the cause of two of their three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.
Cross-border fire from Indian troops has killed a man and wounded three other civilians in two Pakistani villages, local officials said Monday.
The shooting was reported along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border that separates Indian and Pakistani-administered zones in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have observed a ceasefire in Kashmir since November 2003, despite sporadic small-time clashes and accusations of violations from both sides.
"A civilian was killed and three others, two women and one man, were wounded in firing by Indian troops in Madarpur village on the LoC late Sunday," local government official Sardar Khalil Ahmed told AFP.
A house in the Pakistani village of Battal also caught fire after shells exploded and investigators have been sent to assess further damage in the remote mountainous area, he added.
Local police station chief Sardar Farooq confirmed the incident and casualties.
India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir, which has been the cause of two of their three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.