[Dawn] The Mighty Pak Army said that two of its soldiers were killed on Thursday in "unprovoked" Indian fire along the border dividing the disputed territory of Kashmire, in the second such incident within two days.One soldier was killed and two others injured in the latest firing incident along the Line of Control (LoC) a statement by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
"Indian troops again resorted to unprovoked firing at Hotspring (Tatta Pani) sector in the evening. A Pak soldier has embraced shahadat (martyrdom) while two soldiers are injured," it said.
Earlier on, a Pak soldier had been killed "due to Indian troops unprovoked firing at the LoC on Thursday," according to a statement by the ISPR which added that, "Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing at the LoC in Rakhchakri sector near Rawlakot at 1150 hours today."
On the other hand an Indian army officer said that Indian troops had responded after receiving gunfire from Pak soldiers, and the exchange lasted three hours.
He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military policy.
The latest development comes a day after Pakistain asked India to stop further ceasefire violations in a message delivered to the Indian deputy high commissioner Gopal Bagley after he was summoned to the Foreign Office to receive a demarche over the latest ceasefire violation in the Shaqma sector, near Skardu, in which a Pakistain Army officer was killed and a soldier critically maimed.
The recent flareup started two weeks back when five Indian soldiers were killed along the Line of Control, which is a UN-monitored de facto border dividing Kashmire between India and Pakistain.