The deaths occurred as Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh today to lodge a protest over the death of four children over the weekend.
Army confirmed that four civilians in the border villages were killed.
It also claimed that "six Indian army soldiers were killed by retaliatory fire by Pakistan army."
The cross LoC skirmishes have been going on for weeks in which several civilians and soldiers on both the sides have been killed.
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