Border Firing Kills Nine on India-Pakistan War Anniversary

 
Reuters, 28/08 15:39 CET

SRINAGAR, India/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Cross-border firing between India and Pakistan killed at least nine people on Friday, the day India marked the 50th anniversary of a war between the two South Asian nations.

On the Pakistani side of the frontier, six civilians were killed and more than 40 were treated for wounds in hospital in the town of Sialkot, the media wing of the Pakistani military said.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said three civilians had died and 22 were wounded in firing across the frontier in the northern Jammu region.

Both said the other side had opened fire first.

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Source: Euronews