ISLAMABAD, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan army said Wednesday that Indian cross-border firing has killed three soldiers and injured several others on the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.
An army statement also said that "seven Indian soldiers are confirmed dead in retaliatory fire."
"3 Pakistani soldiers valiantly embraced shahadat (martyrdom) at Line of Control while responding to Indian unprovoked firing," a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said.
Earlier on Wednesday the Pakistan army said that Indian cross-border firing in the day hit a bus in the Neelum Valley of the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and killed at least seven Pakistani civilians.
Police officials in the area have also confirmed the death toll while 15 others were wounded in the Indian firing on the bus.
Jamil Mir, superintendent of police in Neelum Valley of the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, told the media that the bus was heading to Muzaffarabad, the capital of the valley.
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