Baramulla June 12: A woman was killed in shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir’s Uri sector, police sources said.
A police officer told that a mortar shell hit the house of Akthar Begum, 40, wife of Zahoor Ahmad at Batha Gram village of Uri, killing her on the spot.
Defence spokesman in Srinagar, Rajesh Kalia said that today in the morning at 8:20 am, Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Rampur sector of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district by firing mortars and other weapons.
“Befitting response is being given,” he said.
