MUZAFFARABAD – Two civilians including a woman was injured as Indiaviolated the ceasefire on the line of control by resorting to unprovokedfiring on various forward villages close to this side of the LoC in NikayalSectors in Kotli district of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Saturday night.
Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing targeting the forward villagesof Tarkundi and Darooti in Nikayal Sector in Kotli district at about 09:00Saturday night, injuring a 75 years old local resident Muhammad Sadiq sonof Paaris Ali and 18-year-old Jawairiya Ishrat resident of Darooti, thelocal police said.
No loss of life or property was reported. Injured were rushed to nearesthospital for treatment.
It comes a day after Pakistan accused India of using illegal cluster bombs,killing two civilians and wounding 11, in the Azad Kashmir region. Indiadenied it had used such weapons.
According to Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s State Disaster Management Authority(SDMA), the number of casualties increased to four on Saturday as anothercivilian fell victim to the shelling, whereas one of those wounded onTuesday succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The SDMA has put the number ofwounded in shelling incidents at 40.
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Tensions have escalated particularly since Friday, when local Indianofficials in Kashmir issued an alert over possible militant attacksallegedly by ‘Pakistan-based’ groups. Islamabad has rejected thoseassertions, but thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers left theregion in panic.
Pakistan on Saturday also rejected India’s claims that it had killed leastfive Pakistan-based militants who tried to attack its forces near the border
