Three civilians and a soldier died in cross-firing between India and Pakistan on Sunday. Pakistan allegedly violated the ceasefire in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir along the International Border and the Line of Control for the third consecutive day, PTI reported.

Sixteen civilians and two security personnel were injure in the crossfire.

Sepoy Mandeep Singh was killed in Krishna Ghati sector along the LoC, ANI reported. The two civilians died in RS Pura sector. A BSF solider was injured in Pargwal sector. Civilians were injured in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in the southern part of the state.

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Pakistani rangers targeted villages along the International Border from Chenab river to RS Pura (pictured above) through the night, a BSF officer said. Soldiers from across the border fired and launched shells towards the Arnia, Ramgarh, Samba and Hiranagar sectors. The BSF officer said Pakistan was targeting civilian villages, and that the Border Security Force was giving a “befitting reply”.

Around 9,000 people living along the International Border had migrated to safer places, and a 1,000 had taken refuge in camps in RS Pura, Samba and Kathua.

On Friday, three civilians and a Border Security Force head constable had died in the state. Pakistani Rangers fired at Indian positions and villages in RS Pura and Arnia in Jammu district, Ramgarh and Ghagwal in Samba district, Rajbagh in Kathua and Mendhar sector in Poonch. Twenty-four civilians and two BSF jawans were injured in the firing on Friday.

The ministry had also conveyed its “grave concerns” to Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah after summoning him and urging the country to adhere to the 2003 Ceasefire Understanding to maintain peace. “More than a 100 such violations have been carried out by Pakistani forces along the LoC and international border in 2018,” it said.