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| Two killed as Indo-Pak border forces trade fire |
| 2010-07-08 |
| An exchange of fire at the India-Pakistan border at Sialkot has killed two Indian troops and injured a Pakistani soldier and several villagers, officials said on Wednesday. The neighbours have in the past exchanged almost daily fire across what is known as the Line of Control separating the two armies in Kashmir, but the latest incident occurred in the Sialkot sector, which rarely experiences trouble. A spokesman for the Pakistan Rangers said the Indian Border Security Force fired automatic weapons and mortars at a village along the Sialkot working boundary. "First they fired yesterday morning and then again in the evening, and the firing continued sporadically throughout the night until Wednesday morning," said Nadeem Raza. "One of our soldiers and several villagers have been injured in the Indian firing," he said. A senior Indian border official confirmed the incident but said Indian forces retaliated for "unprovoked firing" from the Pakistani side. "We were facing unprovoked firing from the Pakistani side for the last two days, resulting in the death of two of our men. We were forced to retaliate," said K Srinivasan. "The firing was precise, but at this stage we cannot say for sure who fired at us," he added. Reports said a flag meeting had been convened to discuss the latest disturbance. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Only mortars. Bah. India and Pakistan used to trade 155mm artillery fire every day for years. |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-07-08 15:54 |