According to the Associated Press, local security officials said that clashes took place last night on the Line of Actual Control (LoC) in Kashmir, resulting in the deaths of at least five civilians.
The agency reported that at least four civilians were killed and 12 others injured in the Pakistani-administered areas, while one person was killed and two others injured in the Indian-administered areas.On Tuesday, the Indian army announced the launch of a military operation against "targets" in Pakistan and the autonomous Azad Kashmir region under its control.
He said he targeted nine sites he described as "terrorist structures," while the Islamabad government announced that six civilian sites were targeted, resulting in the deaths of 31 people and the injury of 57 others.
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated on April 22, after gunmen opened fire on tourists in the town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 people and wounding several others.
