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In­di­an and Pak­istani sol­diers ex­changed heavy vol­leys of shells and gun­fire across their fron­tier in Kash­mir overnight, killing at least five civil­ians in a grow­ing mil­i­tary stand­off that erupt­ed fol­low­ing an at­tack on tourists in the In­dia-con­trolled por­tion of the dis­put­ed re­gion.

In Pak­istan, an un­usu­al­ly in­tense night of ar­tillery ex­changes left at least four civil­ians dead and wound­ed 12 oth­ers in ar­eas near the Line of Con­trol that di­vides Kash­mir, lo­cal po­lice of­fi­cial Adeel Ah­mad said.

Peo­ple in bor­der towns said the fir­ing con­tin­ued well in­to Fri­day morn­ing.