Indian mortar shells kill six civilians in Kashmir: Pakistan

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Filed on February 27, 2019


Official says six people, including children, were killed in Kotli village.


Pakistani police say mortar shells fired by Indian troops from across the frontier in the Himalayan region of Kashmir have struck homes, killing six civilians and wounding several others amid increasing tensions between the two countries.


Local police official Mohammad Altaf says six people, including children, were killed Wednesday in Kotli village in Kashmir.


Pakistani and Indian troops deployed in Kashmir often trade fire.


The latest civilian casualties came a day after tensions escalated sharply following a pre-dawn airstrike by India that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp in northwest Pakistan.


Pakistan says Indian warplanes dropped bombs near the town of Balakot but there were no casualties.


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