RAWALPINDI, January 29: Pakistani and Indian troops exchanged fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in the latest skirmish on Sunday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The exchange of fire occurred along the LoC in the Khanjar sector near Bhimber, ISPR reported.
“Indians fired with RPG-7 and automatic grenade launcher,” the ISPR said, adding that Pakistani troops effectively responded to the Indian firing.
Earlier, casualties along the LoC had occurred on December 16, when a man was killed and eight schoolchildren injured in Nakyal sector of Kotli district.
Prior to that, a minibus was shelled in Neelum valley on November 23, due to which nine passengers had lost their lives.
Tensions between Pakistan and India have been running high following an alleged ‘surgical strike’, unrest in Kashmir and the Uri army base attack in September.
Since then there have been repeated outbreaks of cross-border firing in Kashmir, with both sides reporting deaths and injuries including of civilians.-Agencies
