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Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch; Indian Army retaliates strongly

Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch; Indian Army retaliates strongly

3The Indian Army on Thursday killed five Pakistani troopers in a counter offensive strike along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistan on Saturday resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Indian Army responded to the Pakistan’s unprovoked firing with full vigour. The exchange of fire between the two forces is still going on.
The Pakistani Army is firing with small arms, automatics, 82 mm and 120 mm mortars.
At least one civilian has been injured in ceasefire violation
The Indian Army on Thursday killed five Pakistani troopers in a counter offensive strike along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district’s Nowshera sector and Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch.
Six Pakistani soldiers were also said to be injured in the strong retaliatory fire from the Indian side.
The firing and shelling by the Pakistan Army in May this year has affected over 12,000 people.
On May 1, two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated in a BAT attack in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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