India reports fresh firing across LoC

“There has been fresh firing on our positions,” army spokesman Anil Kumar Mathur told AFP. The “brief firing with small arms” took place in Nowgam sector, north of Srinagar. “We’re seeking to ascertain whether it was a militant attack or firing by Pakistani soldiers,” he added.

 In last month’s incident, India accused Pakistani soldiers of crossing the ceasefire line known as the Line of Control and killing an Indian soldier - allegations Islamabad denied.

Tensions have heightened between the S Asian neighbours since a suicide bombing outside the Indian embassy in Kabul last month. Pakistan has agreed to investigate charges by India and Afghanistan that Pakistani intelligence was behind the embassy attack, which killed more than 60 people.