Indian bunkers were also destroyed in the firing, the ISPR claimed, adding that Pakistani troops "violently responded".
"Indian unprovoked CFV at Tatta Pani along LOC, violently responded. Indian bunkers destroyed, 5 Indian sldrs killed many injured (sic)," army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted.
No further details of the cross-border exchange of fire was provided by the Pakistan Army.
The Indian Army today said that a woman was injured when the Pakistani Army violated ceasefire twice in two sectors of Poonch district by firing mortar shells on forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC, prompting Indian troops to retaliate.
Yesterday at 2300 hours, the Pakistani Army violated ceasefire along the LoC in Poonch sector, the spokesman said.
The Indian Army posts were retaliating strongly and effectively and firing was underway in both sectors, he said.
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