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8 civilians injured as Pakistan troops shell villages along LoC

JAMMU: Eight civilians, including a two-year-old girl, were injured on Wednesday when Pakistani troops shelled civilian hamlets and forward posts along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts.

8 civilians injured as Pakistan troops shell villages along LoC

The cars damaged by Pak shelling. Tribune photo



Jammu, October 18

Eight civilians, including a two-year-old girl, were injured on Wednesday when Pakistani troops shelled civilian hamlets and forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri districts, officials said.

“Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars from 0745 hours in Bhimbher Gali sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district,” a defence spokesman said.

The firing was still on, the official said, adding that the Indian Army was retaliating strongly and effectively to the provocation.

The heavy firing and mortar shelling by the Pakistan Army was intermittently targeting civilian and forward areas in Balakote, Basooni, Sandote and Manjakote areas, a police official said.

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While five people, including three labourers, were injured in Poonch, three other civilians, including the two-year-old girl, were injured in Manajakote in Rajouri district, officials said.

The injured had been hospitalised, they said.

Three vehicles and electrical equipment were also damaged in the Pakistani shelling, the reports said.

Last week, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing in the Bhimber Gali sector along the LoC, deliberately targeting villages of Basauni and Sandot in the Balakote area resulting in injuries to two children and two teenagers.

On October 13, the Pakistan Army had violated the ceasefire in the Krishnagati sector along LoC.

A day before that, an army jawan and a porter were killed and six others injured when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and resorted to shelling on the forward areas along the LoC in Poonch district.

The year 2017 has seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan. PTI

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