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| One killed, six wounded by Indian shelling across LoC |
| 2015-08-19 |
| [DAWN] "Unrelenting and indiscriminate" shelling by Indian troops from across the Line of Control killed an elderly man and maimed six others, including three siblings, in Nakyal sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmire on Tuesday. Munshi Khan, 70, was killed late in the evening after a mortar shell landed in his house in Bani Lanjot village in the southern Kotli district, a police official told Dawn from the area. Residents said a shrapnel pierced through the victim's neck, killing him on the spot. Two other members of his family were maimed. Earlier in the day, the official said, a shell landed in the courtyard of a house in Datot village, injuring three siblings identified as Ambrina, 20, Rozina, 17, and Sheraz, 16. Separately, another person was also injured in the same village. According to officials, all vulnerable educational institutions in Nakyal sector had been closed due to "unrelenting and indiscriminate shelling." AJK minister for food, Javed Iqbal Budhanvi, who represents Nakyal in the legislative assembly, told Dawn that around 60,000 residents had been affected by Indian shelling in his constituency. |
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