Border firing kills nine on India-Pakistan war anniversary


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Aug 2015

Indian soldiers march at the India Gate war memorial during a ceremony to commemorate 50th anniversary of a war between India and Pakistan, in New Delhi, India, August 28, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

SRINAGAR, India/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Cross-border firing between India and Pakistan killed at least nine people on Friday, the day India marked the 50th anniversary of a war between the two South Asian nations.

On the Pakistani side of the frontier, six civilians were killed and more than 40 were treated for wounds in hospital in the town of Sialkot, the media wing of the Pakistani military said.

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