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| At least 19 wounded in cross-LoC shelling by Indian forces |
| 2018-04-12 |
| [DAWN] Heavy Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) left at least 19 persons, including women and kiddies, maimed in different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) on Wednesday, officials said. The shelling started in Khuiratta sector of Kotli district at about 2:30pm and was the "heaviest" in many months, according to Khuiratta Assistant Commissioner (AC) Ali Asghar. "The Indian troops indiscriminately targeted houses and educational institutions without an iota of shame," he said, as he spoke to Dawn from Seri village, amid the thunder of falling shells. According to AC Asghar, seven persons, including three women, were maimed in Seri village, while a teenager was injured in Janjot Bahadur village. He identified the victims in Seri as Munir Begum, 50, Somia Zubair, 28, Moeen Riaz, 22, Sheharyar Jabir, 22, and his cousin Aamer SLearned Elders of Islamn, 21, Anwar Begum, 80, and Abdul Qadeer, 25. The victim in Janjot Bahadur village was identified as Danish Rauf, 16. District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Kotli superintendent Dr Tariq Mehmood told Dawn that most of the injured persons had been brought to his facility. "Some of them are at death's door," he said. |
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