A Youth Was Killed And Another Injured When The Pakistan Army Violated Ceasefire And Resorted To Mortar Shelling In Forward Locations Along The Line Of Control In Jammu And Kashmir’s Poonch District On Thursday, An Official Said.

PTI|Upgraded on: 30 Apr 2020, 09: 55: 26 PM

Pak shelling in J-K’s Poonch (Image Credit: Submit Image)

New Delhi:

A youth was killed and another injured when the Pakistan Army breached ceasefire and turned to mortar shelling in forward locations along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, an official stated.

“About 7 pm today, the Pakistan Army initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars along the LoC in Mankote sector,” he said.He stated Indian soldiers struck back to the shelling, which caused an exchange of fire.

Eighteen-year-old Gulfraz Ahmed was killed and another youth was injured when shells strike their Tain hamlet in Mankote sector, the cops official informed PTI.The injured youth was hurried to a close-by health center, he added.

This is the 24 th successive day of shelling and shooting along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir over a month. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Pakistan Army targeted Qasba, Kirni, Shapur and Mankote sectors of Poonch.

Worry has actually increased amongst villagers along the LoC in Rajouri, Poonch and Kupwara considering that 4 civilians have actually been killed and a number of injured in shelling by the Pakistan Army this month.

There were an overall of 646 events of ceasefire infraction along the International Border (IB) in addition to the LoC in between January 1 and February 23 this year, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik had actually stated in March.

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First Released: 30 Apr 2020, 09: 55: 26 PM

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