(5 Aug 1998) T/I: 10:00:30
Indian and Pakistani forces shelled each other along their disputed border in Kashmir for the sixth successive day on Tuesday (4/8). More than 100 people have died in the fighting on both sides of the border. There have been contradictory accounts of the intensity of the artillery duel with India accusing Pakistan of exaggerating the issue to try and exacerbate international worries over the 50-year dispute over Kashmir. Indian and Pakistani troops are separated by a 1,300-kilometre Line Of Control, a de-facto border.
SHOWS:
NAMBLA VILLAGE, URI, INDIA - 04/08
mountains;
valley in which Nambla is located;
houses on mountainside exposed to shelling;
shell fired from Pakistani side landing on hillside
gvs village school damaged by shelling;
school sign
Indian Army positions firing at Pakistani positions;
vs Indian artillery soldiers;
SOT (in English) with Brigadier U.S. Klair, Indian Army, saying they've had 42 casualties of which 5 have been fatal;
another view Nambla; villagers with soldiers;
Indian soldiers taking cover;
village woman showing injury on leg
SOT (in Urdu) with injured woman, saying there has been shelling for three or four days;
VS village women taking refuge under a tree
SRINAGAR, INDIA - 04/08
Defence Minister George Fernandes touring Bone and Joint Hospital to meet people injured in the recent shelling;
various of injured
SOT (in English) with Fernandes saying the situation is very confusing, with press reports saying one thing and my own experience and that of others proving suggesting something entirely different is going on.
MS Fernandes with hospital officials;
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