- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
Pakistan on Thursday said two of its civilians were killed and seven injured in Indian cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region. Senior government official Raja Tahir Mumtaz said the incident occurred in the Poonch sector along the Line of Control (LoC), the de-facto border that divides the Himalayan territory. “These civilians were sleeping in their houses, one of the dead was a 65-year old,” Mumtaz said, adding that four women were among those injured. Mohammad Ashfaq, a police official in the area, added that several houses were also damaged due to the mortar fire. Nafees Zakariya, Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman,…
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