Pakistan accuses India of shelling Kashmir as border tensions simmer
India and Pakistan's armies have been exchanging fire on front line
Pakistan accused Indian troops of firing shells across the disputed border in Kashmir on Monday after last week’s killing of Indian soldiers set off a wave of skirmishes between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
Tensions along the 740km Line of Control that divides Kashmir flared on August 6 when five Indian soldiers were ambushed and killed in the Poonch region. New Delhi blamed the attack on the Pakistan army. Islamabad denied involvement.
On Monday, a Pakistani army official said a civilian was killed as a result of “unprovoked Indian shelling” in the Battal, Chirikot and Satwal sectors.
“Pakistan troops effectively responded to Indian firing,” the official said.
Indian officials were not immediately available for comment.
District administration officer Malik Ayub Awan said some of the family’s cattle also died in the firing before 4am in a village about 500 metres from the LOC.