ISLAMABAD, October 3: Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fresh fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in three separate incidents on Monday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The exchange of firing occurred along the Line of Control in the Nezapir and Kailer sectors, and Iftikharabad, a town in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, ISPR reported.
According to the military’s media wing, the first incident of firing took place around midnight in Iftikharabad, whereas the second incident was reported in Nezapir at 11:30am. A third ceasefire violation was reported in the afternoon in Kailer by ISPR.
“Pakistani troops are befittingly responding to Indian unprovoked firing,” it added.
There were no reports of casualties on either sides.
Pakistani and Indian troops last exchanged fire in the Bhimber sector on Saturday, with no damage reported then either.
The fresh exchange comes hours after suspected militants attacked an Indian army camp in Baramulla town of Indian-held Kashmir, killing at least one trooper of the Border Security Force (BSF) and leaving another injured.
The Indian army camp that was attacked late Sunday in the garrison town of Baramulla is the local headquarters of a counteriinsurgency military unit.
Senior local police official Imtiyaz Hussain Mir on Monday told media between two and four militants were involved in the attack, which also injured one trooper.
“There is a big civilian population around the camp because of which we could not go all out. Otherwise there would have been civilian casualties. They took advantage of the darkness and used civilian houses as a shield to escape,” he said. -Agencies
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