MUZAFFARABAD: A soldier was among four people injured by the firing of Indian troops in Nakial sector of the southern Kotli district across the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday.
Officials said the heavy shelling continued from 2 to 4am in which Indian troops used both small and big weapons, including the artillery.
The injured were identified as soldier Sajid Shah and three civilians, Idrees and his sister Naseem of Dheri Dabsi village and ex-serviceman Mahmood Ahmed of Lanjot village.
The officials said at least three houses were damaged and some cattle were killed by the Indian firing.
They said Pakistan army troops had responded to the unprovoked Indian shelling.
On Friday night, both sides traded heavy fire for half an hour in Khuiratta sector of same district. However, there was no report of casualties.
Seven civilians were wounded in different border villages of Kotli by indiscriminate shelling of Indian troops on Thursday. They fired around 800 mortar and artillery shells.