IALKOT: A Pakistani civilian and an Indian soldier were killed, while 10 others were injured, including three Pakistani Rangers as Pakistan forces clash with the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) in the wee hours of Sunday at the Pak-India border near Sialkot.
Reports said the clash, which continued for an hour, broke out at about 8:00am local time in the Sucheetgarh sector of Sialkot. Three rangers were also among the injured.
An Indian soldier was killed when Pakistani snipers allegedly shot across the sensitive border in divided Kashmir, an Indian paramilitary official said Sunday, leading to a gunfight.
A Border Security Force (BSF) official said the shooting shattered more than a year of calm along the militarised border in the Himalayan region.
Pakistani snipers fired when a BSF party was on patrolling duty, said the Indian officer.
A Pakistani border security official confirmed the clash, but denied starting it. Three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were wounded, he said.