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Three killed as Pakistan and India troops exchange heavy fire in Kashmir
- Three civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when shells fired from the Pakistani army hit homes along the de facto border
- Since Friday, Pakistan’s military has charged India with repeated ceasefire violations
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Tensions between India and Pakistan flared again in disputed Kashmir on Sunday as the arch-rivals’ armies barraged each other with heavy artillery fire, killing at least three civilians, Indian police said.
Each side accused the other of starting the shelling and targeting civilian areas in violation of the 2003 ceasefire accord along the so-called Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
India and Pakistan have a long history of bitter relations over Kashmir, with both claiming it in its entirety. They have fought two of their three wars since 1947 over their competing claims to the Himalayan region.
Shri Ram Ambarkar, an Indian police officer, said three civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed when shells fired from the Pakistani army hit homes at two locations along the Line of Control in the Kupwara area of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday evening.
Ambarkar said some people were also feared injured as authorities launched a rescue operation amid heavy cross-border shelling in the area.
Since Friday, Pakistan’s military has charged India with repeated violations of a ceasefire along the frontier.
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