Elderly Man Injured In Pakistan Shelling Across LoC In Poonch District Of Kashmir

As Jammu and Kashmir continue to stay under an unprecedented lockdown, two Pakistani Army officers were injured on Sunday in retaliatory firing by Indian forces in the Poonch sector along the Line of Control in Kashmir after ceasefire violation by the neighboring country left a 65-year-old civilian critically injured.

“At about 4 pm, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing small arms and shelling with mortars in Shahpur and Qasba sectors of Poonch,” a defense spokesman said, adding they targeted forward posts and villages. The Indian side retaliated strongly in which two Pakistani Army officers were injured, sources said.

The civilian, identified as Jamal-ud-din, suffered splinter injuries in the chest when a mortar shell fired by the Pakistani Army exploded near him in Qasba sector late Sunday evening, a police official said, adding that he was referred to the Government Medical College hospital in Jammu for specialized treatment as his condition was stated to be critical.

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