Soldier, teenager among 4 killed in Pak shelling
A soldier and a 17-yearold boy were among four people killed and 11 others, including two BSF men, were injured along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district and on the international border on Saturday as Pakistan pounded Indian posts and forward villages.
Saturday’s casualties have taken the death toll to 10 since Wednesday.
Pakistan Rangers targeted over 30 Indian posts and border villages from RS Pura sector to Akhnoor sector north of Jammu from 5:40 AM after Indian and Pakistani forces had traded heavy fire late into Friday night.
Northern Command spokesman Colonel NN Joshi said, “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms and automatics from 0820 hours in Krishna Ghati sector along the LOC on Saturday. Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively”.
Sepoy Mandeep Singh (23) who was grievously injured in the exchange of fire, succumbed to his injuries, he added.
The firing also killed 17-yearold Ghara Singh, son of Ashok Kumar of Kapoorpur village and 45-year-old Ghar Singh of Bera village in RS Pura sector of Jammu district. As the shelling continued, another civilian Tarsem Kumar, 32, son of Bansi Lal of Gajansoo village in Kanachak sector of Jammu district was killed later in the day.
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