Woman killed in Pak firing
DH News Service, Srinagar Feb 9 2018, 1:31 IST
A 45-year-old woman was killed on Thursday after Pakistani troops pounded border outposts (BoPs) and civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports said Zainab Bi was killed after mortar shells fired by Pakistani troops fell in Balnoi hamlet in Krishnaghati sector around 4:30 pm.
A defence spokesperson said that the Indian Army was retaliating strongly and effectively to the Pakistani firing and shelling.
Eyewitnesses told Deccan Herald over the phone that heavy mortar shelling and firing caused devastation of property forcing the people to leave their houses and take shelter in government buildings already identified for them by the administration.
There have been continuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border (IB) this year. On February 4, four soldiers, including an army officer, were killed and two others injured in the same district due to Pakistani shelling.
Since the third week of January, 19 people, including 10 security personnel and nine civilians, have been killed in Pakistani ceasefire violations along the LoC and the IB in Jammu. Firing and shelling by Pakistan have become a regular feature.
The Indian and Pakistani armies had agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC, the IB and along Actual Ground Position Line at Siachen glacier in November 2003. Although it held good for 10-years, in the last few years, Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire agreement hundreds of times.
India shares a 3,323-km-long border with Pakistan of which 221 km of the IB and 740 km of the LoC fall in Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports said Zainab Bi was killed after mortar shells fired by Pakistani troops fell in Balnoi hamlet in Krishnaghati sector around 4:30 pm.
A defence spokesperson said that the Indian Army was retaliating strongly and effectively to the Pakistani firing and shelling.
Eyewitnesses told Deccan Herald over the phone that heavy mortar shelling and firing caused devastation of property forcing the people to leave their houses and take shelter in government buildings already identified for them by the administration.
There have been continuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border (IB) this year. On February 4, four soldiers, including an army officer, were killed and two others injured in the same district due to Pakistani shelling.
Since the third week of January, 19 people, including 10 security personnel and nine civilians, have been killed in Pakistani ceasefire violations along the LoC and the IB in Jammu. Firing and shelling by Pakistan have become a regular feature.
The Indian and Pakistani armies had agreed to a ceasefire along the LoC, the IB and along Actual Ground Position Line at Siachen glacier in November 2003. Although it held good for 10-years, in the last few years, Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire agreement hundreds of times.
India shares a 3,323-km-long border with Pakistan of which 221 km of the IB and 740 km of the LoC fall in Jammu and Kashmir.