RAWALPINDI: Two civilians were killed and eight others injured as Indian forces resorted to unprovoked fire along the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday in Chaprar Sector, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The statement said: "Pakistan Rangers gave a befitting response to Indian unprovoked fire."
Tensions between the two countries have been strained since July, when Indian forces killed a young Kashmiri fighter, prompting mass protests in held Kashmir. The resulting crackdown by security forces has seen over 100 Kashmiri protesters killed.
Relations plummeted even further in September, when gunmen stormed an Indian military base in Uri, killing 18 Indian soldiers, the largest such attack in 14 years.
India blamed Pakistan for the attack, and in response said it had launched "surgical strikes" across the de facto border in Kashmir on Sept 29 to target Kashmiri fighters based there. Pakistan denied any incursion had occurred on its territory.
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