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ISPR: Indian army used cluster ammunition along LoC in violation of international laws; India denies
[DAWN] The Indian army earlier this week used cluster ammunition to target the civilian population in Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) across the Line of Control (LoC) in violation of the Geneva Convention and international law, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.According to the statement, the Indian military on the night of July 30/July 31 targeted innocent citizens including women and kiddies in Neelum Valley through artillery using cluster ammunition. The attack left two civilians, including a 4-year-old boy, dead and 11 others were critically injured. "This is [a] violation of Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law," the military's media wing said, adding that the use of cluster ammunition is prohibited under the Convention on Cluster Ammunition because of its severe impact on non-combatants. India denies Pakistan's claims of illegal bombs amid renewed tensions over Kashmir [Jpost] Pakistain accused India on Saturday of using illegal cluster bombs, killing two civilians and wounding 11, in the contested Kashmire region that both countries claim. In the latest flare-up of tensions between the two countries, India denied it had used such weapons. Pakistain's military released images of what it said were bombs used by India during shelling along the contested border in Kashmire on July 30 and 31, and photos of civilians, including a 4-year-old boy, who it said were killed and injured by the weapons. "Use of cluster bombs by Indian Army violating international conventions is condemnable," Major General Asif Ghafoor, chief front man for Pakistain's armed forces, said in a tweet. Two Indian army officials told Rooters that shelling across the border was proportionate and a response to firing by the Pakistain army. "Such responses are only against military targets and infiltrating bully boyz who are aided by Pakistain army," a statement released by the Indian army said. One of the officials said that at least one of the images released by Pakistain was of a mortar shell and not a cluster bomb.
Pakistain's accusations come a day after India said Pakistain-backed forces of Evil had planned attacks on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmire, leading to an evacuation of thousands of tourists from the region on Saturday. Posted by: Fred 2019-08-04 |
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