Srinagar
Five Indian soldiers were killed during a cross-border exchange of fire as Pakistani troops responded to an ‘unprovoked’ ceasefire violation in the Tatta Pani sector along the Line of Control on Monday, Pakistan Army’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claimed on Saturday according to media reports.
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Indian unprovoked CFV at Tatta Pani along LOC, violently responded. Indian bunkers destroyed, 5 Indian sldrs killed many injured.— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) June 3, 2017
“Indian bunkers were also destroyed in the firing,” the ISPR claimed.
On Thursday earlier this week, two individuals were killed and six others injured when Indian troops resorted to “unprovoked firing along the Line of Control” (LoC), Pakistan Today reported.
Incidents of cross-border firing have become a norm since the last months of 2016 as tensions simmer between Pakistan and India over the Kashmir issue.
Exchanges of fire have been reported sporadically since the new-year began.
