India`s army said Wednesday that three civilians had been killed overnight by artillery fired by Pakistan`s army along their de facto Line of Control border with contested Kashmir.

"During the night of May 06-07... Pakistan Army resorted to arbitrary firing including artillery shelling from posts across the Line of Control and IB (international border) opposite Jammu and Kashmir", the army said in a statement.

"Three innocent civilians lost their lives in indiscriminate firing/shelling", it added, saying that the Indian army is "responding in proportionate manner".

Source: AFP