Story highlights Violence has grown in disputed Kashmir since September attack on Indian soldiersBoth Pakistan and India have nuclear arms(CNN) Cross-border shelling hit a passenger bus and killed at least nine people Wednesday in the Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir, police said, as clashes between India and Pakistan escalate in the disputed territory. The shelling came from the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, and one child was injured in the attack, Neelum Valley police Superintendent Jamil Mir told CNN. Ten others were injured in the town of Nagdar as the bus traveled to the city of Muzaffarabad. An Indian defense spokesman in Indian-administered Kashmir, Rajesh Kalia, declined to comment to CNN about the attack. Indian army spokesman Lt. Col. Manish Mehta said soldiers had been exchanging intense gunfire at Pakistani posts since early Wednesday.

Source: CNN November 23, 2016 15:33 UTC