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Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in the Sunderbani sector of Jammu and Kashmir just after 6 pm on Monday (february 13).

The Pakistani Army resorted to indiscriminate firing at Indian Army posts using small arms, automatics and mortars.

The Indian troops retaliated to the firing from across the border. Firing between both sides is currently underway.

The ceasefire violation comes after a total of eight people, including four terrorists, two civilians and two soldiers, were killed in a 10-hour-long gunbattle between security forces and terrorists in Frisal village in the Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday (Feb 12). 

Two of the terrorists belonged to Kashmiri separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen while the other two were Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives, the police said. Three terrorists escaped. 

Curfew was imposed in Kulgam and Shopian districts after the encounter triggered massive protests in the area, eventually leading to a shutdown in the Valley. People took to the streets to protest against the killings and also attended the funeral of the four terrorists. One of the deceased civilians lost his life in crossfire.

Most of the shops in Srinagar remaining shut and streets deserted. Authorities also imposed restrictions in parts of South Kashmir. Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) called for a complete shutdown on Monday and a "Kulgam Chalo" march on Wednesday (Feb 15) to protest against the killings.

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