Army claims killing of 5 Indian troops on border

Pakistan Army claimed yesterday that it killed five Indian soldiers when it destroyed their post on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir in retaliation against Indian attack on a school van, killing the driver.

Five Indian soldiers have been killed and many injured, Director General Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Gafoor tweeted along with a video showing the reported targeting of the Indian post.

Gafoor asserted that Pakistan will always respond to “Indian terrorism against innocent citizens.”

Army official said that the Indian post near Tatta Pani Village was “destroyed” late Thursday after Indian troops hit a school van in Battal sector in Pakistanadministered Kashmir on Thursday, killing its driver on the spot and traumatising students.

Haleema Shaheen, a student of Government Degree College who was inside the van when bullets struck the vehicle told reporters that van driver Sarfaraz Ahmad was killed but all the students escaped unhurt.

The van was bringing back students from Mandhol to their homes in the Dharamsal area, where it was targeted by Indian troops at about 1:30pm, according to a report published in daily Dawn. Mandhol and Dharamsal villages, located on the bank of River Poonch, are just a stone’s throw away from the Indian army post.