NEW: 8 killed in India-Pakistan fighting amid high tensions.
Pakistani Kashmiris carry the coffin of a civilian who was killed in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistan on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad on March 2, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Indian police, meanwhile, said two siblings and their mother were killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The three died after a shell fired by Pakistani soldiers hit their home near the Line of Control. The children's father was critically wounded. Following a short lull, shelling and firing of small arms resumed Saturday. A Pakistani military statement said two civilians were killed and two others wounded in the fresh fighting. The Indian army said Pakistani troops attacked Indian posts at several places along the militarized line.
The current violence marks the most serious escalation of the long-simmering conflict since 1999, when Pakistan's military sent a ground force into Indian-controlled Kashmir and an Indian fighter destroyed a Pakistani naval aircraft, killing all 16 on board.
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