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Five more injured along LoC as Army issues stern warning to India over July 16 attack
[DAWN] At least five civilians, including three women, were maimed in Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) in "unprovoked" shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday, officials said.The shelling, which began at about 7am in the Nakyal sector of southern Kotli district, coincided with a weekly hotline contact between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistain and India in the wake of Sunday’s mortar attack on an army vehicle in Neelum valley. Officials said there was no let up in Indian aggression along the LoC in Nakyal sector after yesterday's attack. "There has been indiscriminate mortar shelling since 7am in the morning, targeting almost all villages of Nakyal sector," police official Khurshid Ahmed told Dawn from the area. "So far, five people have been brought to the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Nakyal, with multiple injuries, but I am afraid there might be more injured persons," he said. The official identified the hospitalised victims as Shaheen Kosar, 38, and Nazakat Ali Babar, 32, of Oli village, Iftikhar Ahmed, 28 of Marg Jair village, Gul Begum, 50, of Balakot village and Safina Kosar, 28, of Kunda village. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-18 |
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