Indian and Pakistani forces exchanged gunfights for the second day in a row on Saturday as bonds plunged between two nuclear-armed neighbours after an attack on tourists that killed 26 people in India’s Kashmir region killed 26 people.
Indian forces said they responded to “unprovoked” small arms fires from multiple Pakistani Army posts that began around midnight, which began on Friday along the 740 km (460 miles) de facto border separating India and Pakistan’s region in Kashmir.
The Indian Army said Pakistani forces were also opened in a sporadic fire around midnight on Thursday. He said no casualties have been reported by the Indian side.
There were no immediate comments from the Pakistani military.
Kashmir police have identified three suspects, including two Pakistani nationals, who conducted the April 22 attack. Pakistan denied involvement, and its defense minister said international investigation was needed for the attack.
After the attack, India and Pakistan unleashed a large amount of measures from each other, Pakistan closed airspace to Indian Airlines, and India suspended the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, which regulated water sharing from the Indus River and its tributaries.
India and Pakistan have signed decades-old ceasefire agreements over Kashmir’s conflict zones, but their troops still trade shootouts sporadically. Both countries claim Kashmir and are fighting two of the three wars over it.
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