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At least nine civilians were killed and 37 others wounded Monday on both sides of Kashmir border dividing India and Pakistan, officials said.
The fresh clash between India’s border guards of Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers broke out early Monday along the international border (IB) in Kashmir at Arnia sector of R S Pora, around 45 km southwest of Jammu city, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
“Five civilians were killed and 34 others wounded today after Pakistani troops fired on Indian positions in Arnia sector,” Shantamanu, a senior most civilian official in Indian-controlled Kashmir told Xinhua.
“The wounded civilians were admitted in Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu and condition of some of them is stated to be critical.”
Reports said the shelling of mortars and heavy fire has damaged many houses in the sector.
Shantamanu, the divisional commissioner of Jammu province in the region said they were evacuating civilians in frontier area to safer locations.
“Our primary focus at this point of time is to shift civilians to safer places, far from the firing range and later on we can assess the damage,” he said.
