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| Woman dead, 3 injured in cross-LoC rocket attack by Indian forces in Kotli district |
| 2018-04-08 |
| [DAWN] Indian troops on Saturday shot a rocket launcher from across the Line of Control (LoC), leaving a young woman dead and her two siblings and a cousin critically maimed in a border village of Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK), officials told Dawn. The attack took place when the victims were outdoors in Baig Wala Lanjot, a hamlet barely 150 metres away from the LoC in Nakyal sector of Kotli district, during the afternoon. According to Abdul Hameed Kiani, the deputy commissioner of Kotli, 26-year old Rubaida Khayam, daughter of Sardar Khayam, died as a result of the attack. The victim's sisters Sufaida Khayam and Zubaiba, and cousin Sumaida Ismail were critically injured. Nakyal Assistant Commissioner Waleed Anwar said the victims had no idea that the enemy could stoop so low as to fire a rocket launcher on them while they were busy in domestic chores. He said the injured persons had been moved to Kotli's District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital. Cross-LoC shelling was not reported from any other area or sector of Kotli district, "but you never know when and where the cowardice enemy may resort to ceasefire violations," Kiani said. |
| Posted by:Fred |