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Pakistani Army resumes unprovoked firing along LoC

Jammu:  The Pakistani Army on Saturday resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.

“Eight civilians were killed in unprecedented peace0time mortar shelling by the Pakistani Army on the International Border and the LoC in the Jammu region since October 6, while over 60 were injured. As many as 30,000 border residents are presently living in relief camps set up by the state government away from the areas vulnerable to Pakistani shelling.”

The IB has witnessed heavy firing for nine days that has left eight persons dead and injured nearly 90 people, including 13 securitymen. Besides over 32,000 people have fled from their border homes leaving 113 hamlets deserted along the IB.

India and Pakistan troops traded heavy fire along the IB on the intervening night of October 7 and 8 after Pakistan Rangers shelled almost the entire IB by targeting 60 border outposts (BoPs) and over 130 border hamlets in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, in which 15 people including 3 BSF jawans were injured.

There has been over thee dozen ceasefire violations along IB since October one.

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