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Tensions reemerge in Kashmir, ‘2 Indians killed’
.jpg) [PRESSTV] Tensions have resumed between India and Pakistain in the disputed Kashmiri region, where cross-border fire has reportedly killed two Indians, including a maiden of tender years.Media reports said a five-year-old girl died on Monday after a mortar bomb landed near her house in Poonch, a district on the Indian side of the frontier in Kashmire. A front man for India’s Border Security Force said one trooper with the force was killed and three others were maimed in the shelling as well. Indian army front man Lt. Colonel Devender Anand said Indian forces returned fire along the de facto border. Pakistain did not immediately comment. The latest festivities in Poonch ‐ which often sees heavy shelling between the two arch rivals ‐ came just hours after four gunnies were killed in a firefight with government forces in Pulwama, a district closer to the main city of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmire. Police said one of their officers was injured, along with three soldiers, in the shootout with Death Eaters. Such violence between gangs resisting Indian rule and government troops is not uncommon in the restive mountainous region. But fighting has been particularly bloody this year, with at least 162 people killed between January and March In February, at least 40 paramilitary troops were killed in a bombing in the region. New Delhi, which blamed Pakistain for supporting the bully boyz behind the blast, launched retaliatory aerial raids inside Pak territory for the first time in decades. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-02 |
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