Indian army says three civilians killed by Pakistani artillery fire

India’s army says that three civilians had been killed overnight by artillery fired by Pakistan’s army along their de facto Line of Control border with contested Kashmir.

“During the night of May 06-07… Pakistan Army resorted to arbitrary firing including artillery shelling from posts across the Line of Control and IB (international border) opposite Jammu and Kashmir”, the army says in a statement.

“Three innocent civilians lost their lives in indiscriminate firing/shelling,” it adds, saying that the Indian army is “responding in proportionate manner.”

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