Pak's audacity continues at LoC: One woman killed in fresh firing from Rangers
Jammu, Jan 3: One woman was killed and six others were injured as Pakistani troops, on Saturday afternoon, resorted to fresh round of firing on BSF posts at Jammu and Kashmir's Hiranagar sector. This is the fourth instance of ceasefire violation by the Pakistani Rangers in as many days and the ninth in the last ten days.
Six civilians were injured due to Pakistani mortar shelling on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba and Kathua districts on Friday, forcing scores of villagers to migrate.
"Six civilians were injured in Pakistani shelling on the international border in Samba and Kathua districts."
"Two civilians with critical injuries have been shifted to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu for treatment. Senior civil and paramilitary officials have rushed to take stock of the situation," a senior police officer told IANS here.
Reports from the border villages of Manyari, Paansar, Bobia, Londi, Sadechak, Chailari, Chachwal, Mangu Chak, Regaal, Mawa, Sadho and Chak Fakira in Samba and Kathua districts said dozens of families had started migrating to safer places because of renewed Pakistan shelling on the international border.
Police said Pakistan Rangers had resorted to unprovoked firing at BSF outposts around 9.30 p.m on Friday. The BSF retaliated effectively and firing exchanges between the two sides continued till 3 a.m on Saturday.
One
woman
was
killed
and
six
others
were
injured
in
yet
another
instance
of
provocation
from
Pakistan
on
BSF
posts
at
Jammu
and
Kashmir's
Hiranagar
sector
on
Saturday
afternoon
One
woman
killed
and
six
injured
in
the
fresh
firing
on
BSF
posts
at
Jammu
and
Kashmir's
Hiranagar
sector
on
Saturday
afternoon,
after
three
Pakistan
Rangers
soldiers
were
killed
in
a
strong
retaliation
from
India.
This came right after Pakistan on Friday night had resorted to heavy mortar shelling and firing on several BSF posts along the border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile
in
Pakistan,
a
14-year-old
girl
was
killed
on
Saturday
during
exchange
of
fire
between
Pakistani
para-military
troopers
and
BSF
along
the
Line
of
Control
(LoC),
a
media
report
said.
The
girl
named
Samira
was
a
resident
of
Punjab
province's
Sialkot
city,
Dawn
reported.
Pakistan says the latest round of firing began when the Indian border guards killed two Pakistan paramilitary troopers in Punjab's Shakargarh sector in Narowal district on Wednesday after calling them for a flag meeting on the LoC.
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