Pakistanis Fire on Indian Guards Who Stopped Protesters
Pakistani troops fired on Indian security forces that stopped a mob of Pakistani protesters from storming across the border into disputed Kashmir, officials said today.
At least three demonstrators were killed Sunday night, a Defense Ministry spokesman said in Islamabad. Pakistan’s state-run TV said the Indian guards killed as many as six.
The trouble started after Indian border guards opened fire on hundreds of Pakistanis who tried to cross a cease-fire line separating Pakistan-controlled Kashmir from the Indian-held region.
A spokesman for the Indian Defense Ministry said Pakistani troops then fired about 200 rounds from light and medium weapons at Indian border posts in the Uri sector. Indian forces returned fire and the exchange continued for about half an hour, the spokesman said. No one was hurt.
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