Islamabad: Pakistan’s foreign ministry says Indian troops have opened fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing an eight-year-old boy.
The ministry says Pakistan summoned an Indian diplomat on Tuesday to lodge a protest over the killing.
Islamabad says the boy was killed on Monday in Jijot Bahadar village in the Khuiratta region of Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir.
Pakistan claims that so far this year, Indian forces have violated the cease-fire dividing their respective sectors of Kashmir more than 335 times, killing 15 civilians and wounding 65.
There was no immediate comment from New Delhi.
Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed neighbors, routinely trade fire in Kashmir. Both countries claim the region in its entirety and have fought two of their three wars so far over Kashmir.
Indian troops open fire in Kashmir, killing boy
Indian troops open fire in Kashmir, killing boy
