Summary Fire by Indian troops has killed a man and hurt three 3 civilians in Pakistani villages.
MUZAFFARABAD: The shooting was reported Monday along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border that separates Indian and Pakistani-administered zones in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have observed a ceasefire in Kashmir since November 2003, despite sporadic small-time clashes and accusations of violations from both sides.
"A civilian was killed and three others, two women and one man, were wounded in firing by Indian troops in Madarpur village on the LoC late Sunday," local government official Sardar Khalil Ahmed told AFP.
A house in the Pakistani village of Battal also caught fire after shells exploded and investigators have been sent to assess further damage in the remote mountainous area, he added.
Local police station chief Sardar Farooq confirmed the incident and casualties.
India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir, which has been the cause of two of their three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.
Muslim separatists have fought a 20-year insurgency against New Delhi s rule in Indian Kashmir.
Kashmiris in both Indian and Pakistani-administered zones want Islamabad and New Delhi to agree to a referendum on self-determination.
