5 killed in Indian firing across LoC

islamabad — Indian troops on Saturday resorted to heavy shelling in different areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC), Dawn reports online.

At least five civilians, four of them women, were killed and 10 others injured in shelling, the highest death toll in a single day in many months of cross-border violence.

“There has been heavy firing and shelling by Indian troops in different parts of Abbaspur and Hajira sectors since 5.30am,” said Raja Tahir Mumtaz, the deputy commissioner of district Poonch.

He said Mohammed Sharif, a 75-year-old resident of Bhaira village, lost his life after a mortar shell landed on his mud-house.

Apart from him, 70-year-old woman Sassi Begum was also killed in Tetrinote. Another woman, Kulsoom, 35, was killed and her 14-year-old son Zahid injured in the Dhakki Chafar village of Abbaspur sector, he added.

In Kotli district, 22-year-old Aniba Jamshed was critically injured in Indian firing in the Lanjot village of Nakyal sector. She later succumbed to her injuries.