Daily Mail: Kashmir clash kills six: Mother and two children are killed by Pakistani mortar blast as Indian troops fire back amid growing tension between nuclear nations
* Shell fired by Pakistani soldiers hit home with mortar in Poonch region of Kashmir, killing three last night
* Comes after Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman crossed border at checkpoint into India last night
* His capture by Pakistani forces after his plane was shot down sparked fierce military tension and fears of war
* Islamabad said it would release him in a 'peace gesture' but the countries remain on high military alert
Soldiers from India and Pakistan have targeted each other along the volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and wounding four others, officials have said.
Fighting resumed overnight into dawn, leaving two siblings and their mother dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The three died after a shell fired by Pakistani soldiers hit their home in Poonch region near the so-called Line of Control that divides the Himalayan territory between the two nuclear-armed rivals, police said.
The children's father was critically wounded and has been hospitalised. It is not known which country the other three civilians originated from.
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