ISLAMABAD – Four people, including three children, were killed while 10were injured in unprovoked ceasefire violations across the Working Boundary(WB) by India on Friday, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) pressrelease said.

According to the army’s media wing, the Punjab Rangers are responding toIndian fire and targeting Indian posts which initiated fire in the Sialkotsector as intermittent fire continues.

The Foreign Office said that the violations took place in Pukhlian,Cahprar, Harpal, Charwah and Shakargarh sectors and identified the deceasedas a woman, Kalsoom, and her three children — Mehwish, Safia and Hamza.

The *Associated Press*, quoting Indian officials, earlier reported that thefiring began after an Indian paramilitary soldier was allegedly killed by aPakistani sniper late Thursday. The Indian officials also claimed that twopeople were killed by Pakistani firing.