SRINAGAR: A child was among three civilians killed on Sunday as Pakistani troops rained mortar fire from across the LoC in north Kashmir's Kupwara, police said. Shelling was also reported in the forward areas of the international border in Poonch and Kathua districts since Saturday night, injuring two civilians and damaging private property.Kupwara SSP Shriram Ambarkar said the child was killed at Timuna Vilgam, one among several villages that cowered under relentless shelling late on Sunday afternoon. The other two casualties, including a woman, were in Chowkibal . All these villages are in the vicinity of Indian Army positions that came under attack, first from Hajitara and Dhani and later from Manzgam, Malikpora, Hafrada, Kralpora and Tumna Hachimarg."An assessment and evacuation process is underway, and people are being moved to safer places," Ambarkar said.In Jammu, there was shelling on Saturday night and again from around 1.40pm on Sunday in the Qasba and Kirni sectors of Poonch district . "Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along LoC. Our troops are giving a befitting reply," a defence spokesperson said.Police identified one of the two civilians injured since Saturday night as Saleema Bi. "She was struck by splinters in her left thigh when a mortar shell exploded near her house in the Balakot sector late on Saturday," an official said.Mohd Shoket, a resident of Qasba village, was wounded in a fresh burst of shelling on Sunday. Several houses were damaged, too.The Poonch district administration has issued an advisory, urging people to stay inside their homes.