2 Killed in Fresh India-Pakistan Border Clashes


2 Killed in Fresh India-Pakistan Border Clashes

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A teenage Pakistani girl and an Indian woman were killed as troops traded fire along their tense border on Saturday, the latest in a series of deadly clashes, officials said.

The incident, which also left 11 people wounded, comes a day after New Delhi claimed a Pakistani fishing crew suspected of involvement in "illicit" activities blew up their boat after trying to evade capture at the hands of the Indian navy.

Tension between the South Asian rivals escalated Wednesday when an Indian border guard and two Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed during another exchange of fire in the same area.

The shelling intensified Saturday, necessitating "evacuation of hundreds of people" living in the border areas of Samba and Hiranagar to camps in safer places, said Rajesh Kumar, a senior police official in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

"10 civilians have been injured and a woman succumbed to injuries due to firing from Pakistan," Kumar told AFP.

On the other side, the Pakistani military said its paramilitary forces responded "befittingly" to Indian fire.

"Indian BSF (Border Security Force) yet again resorted to unprovoked firing on working boundary near Sialkot today," a military statement said.

"13-years-old Sumaira, resident of... Zafarwal sector embraced martyrdom due to the firing (and) 8-year-old Mursaleen of... Shakargarh sector got injured."

Recent exchanges of fire across the de facto border between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, which both countries administer in part but claim in full, have killed around two dozen civilians on both sides and forced thousands to flee their homes on both sides.

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