Pakistani army accuses India of killing 4 along border

By Islamuddin Sajid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistani military accused Indian border forces of killing at least four civilians, including two women during “unprovoked” shelling and firing along the eastern border between the two nuclear-armed countries.

In a statement, Pakistani army’s media-wing -- the Inter Services Public Relations -- said the incident took place in Bini Sulariyan Village near Sialkot’s Charwa Sector.

Pakistani border forces -- Pakistan Rangers -- also responded and targeted the Indian post that allegedly fired mortars on civilian population, it said.

Despite a cease-fire agreement signed in 2003, the two countries frequently blame each other for firing on the Working Boundary and the Line of Control (LOC), a de facto border that divides disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.