Indian firing kills 2 Pakistani civilians: army

Pakistani army said that two civilians were killed on Wednesday by Indian firing and eight others injured in a latest cross Line of Control (LoC) firing.

"Two civilians embraced Shahadat (martyrdom) in Chaprar Sector on working boundary due to Indian unprovoked firing today," the military said in a statement, adding that eight villagers were injured.

Befitting response was given by Pakistani Rangers, or paramilitary force, to Indian unprovoked firing, the army said.

The Pakistani army said earlier the day that five civilians were injured by Indian firing at the same area.

While, another civilian, who was injured at the LoC region on Tuesday, scrummed to injuries at a military hospital in Kharian, a main city in the border region with India.

There has been escalation along the LoC in the disputed Kashmir region and the working boundary since suspected militants attacked an army base in the Indian-controlled Kashmir. The Sept.18 attack killed 19 soldiers.

The Indian military blamed the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad group and also pointed fingers at Pakistan. Islamabad rejected the charges and suggested independent investigation.

Pakistan and India had declared ceasefire in 2003 that had silenced the guns. However, firing exchanges do take place time to time and the cross-LoC firing and shelling has increased in recent days. Both nuclear armed countries accuse each other for the 2003 ceasefire violations.

Meanwhile Pakistan summoned an Indian diplomat on Wednesday over the recent cross-LoC attack, the foreign ministry here said. Endit