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Woman killed, three injured as guns roar along LOC in Poonch, Kupwara

Suhail Khan


Srinagar, July 8(KINS):
A woman was killed and three other persons were injured in a cross border shelling along the line of control (LOC) in Poonch sector and Kupwara sector in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.


Details available with news agency KINS, In Poonch sector a 60-year-old woman identified as Rashem Bi wife of Azam Ahmed was killed when Pakistan army resorted to heavy shelling along the line of control (LOC) in Balakote sector of Poonch in Rajouri district.


In the cross border shelling, another civilian identified as Hakam Bi was injured and was later hospitalized for treatment.


In another cross border shelling at Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, two civilians were injured.


An official told news agency Kashmir Indepth News Service (KINS) that Pakistan initiated an Unprovoked Ceasefire Violation (CFV) along the LoC in Tangdhar Sector, Kupwara, North Kashmir on 08 Jul 2020 in the afternoon hours by firing Mortars and other weapons. The befitting response is being given. ‘He said two civilians were injured in the cross border shelling.’


A police officer when contacted told KINS that two persons identified as Zameer Ahmed son of Mohammad Abdullah Mughal and Sadakaqat son of Abdul Aziz Michal both residents of Seemari got injured while digging a community Bunker at Semari in cross border shelling. Officer said both injured were shifted to SDH Tangdhar for treatment. (KINS)

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