At least 10 killed in artillery fire across Kashmir border as tensions escalate between India and Pakistan
- Tensions have escalated in the region since India revoked Kashmir’s autonomy on August 5 and imposed movement and communications restrictions
- Officials from both India and Pakistan have accused each other’s militaries of firing across the de facto border
At least 10 people were killed by artillery fire Sunday along the de facto India-Pakistan border in Kashmir, officials said, as both countries accuse each other of trying to destabilise the disputed region.
Tensions escalated between the nuclear-armed neighbours after India revoked Kashmir’s autonomy on August 5 and imposed movement and communications restrictions to quell unrest.
Officials from the two countries accused each other’s militaries of firing across the so-called Line of Control.
India’s army chief General Bipin Rawat told reporters in New Delhi that infiltration across the border has occurred repeatedly since August 5.
Two soldiers and a civilian were killed and three others injured in “unprovoked fire by Pakistan” in the mountainous Kupwara district, a spokesman for the army told AFP earlier Sunday.
