Pakistani, Indian troops trade fire, killing 2 Pakistanis, 1 Indian in

“One young man died during the shelling”.

An Indian television news channel NDTV quoted Danish Rana, a senior police officer in Jammu, as saying their preliminary questioning has revealed that the militant hails from Faislabad in Pakistan.

An official with India’s border security force said the Pakistani fire also wounded four civilians.

Later, Pakistan lodged a strong protest with New Delhi on the latest unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian security forces in Pukhlian-Aknur sector at the Working Boundary.

At least three civilians were killed and 22 others were injured on Tuesday as India’s BSF resorted to unprovoked firing along the Working Boundary near Sialkot.

“It was an attempt at infiltration”.

Pakistan’s Chanab Rangers opened retaliatory fire and silenced the Indian guns, sources said.

A 2003 cease-fire between India and Pakistan largely has held despite small but regular skirmishes. ISPR told that India has been targeting civilian population at the Working Boundary and deliberately using heavy weapons.

A group of militants attacked an army convoy in the south of Jammu and Kashmir state earlier on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and wounding eight.

The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan, but claimed in full by both, since the two countries gained independence from Britain in 1947.

They have fought two wars over the disputed region, where resentment at Indian rule runs deep.

Two Indian border guards were killed and 13 others wounded in the attack that took place in the morning at Chenani area of Udhumpur district, about 205 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The fighting has left tens of thousands, mostly civilians, dead.