A villager was killed and four others were injured in shelling by Pakistan on forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Poonch on Monday.
Pakistani troops fired heavy mortar bombs of 120mm on villages in the <g data-gr-id="20">Kerni</g>-Sabzian sector in Poonch in the morning, triggering panic among residents, police said. “Army carried out effective retaliation resulting in exchanges which were going on when reports last came in from the area,” a Defence spokesman said.
Pakistani troops fired mortars, rocket-projectile grenades (RPGs) and automatic weapons targeting forward posts since 2330 hrs in violation of <g data-gr-id="24">ceasefire</g>, he said. They fired 82 mm mortar shells, RPGs and used automatic and small arms, he said. The shells also landed in civilian areas. A villager, Abdul Hamid, died in the shelling and four others were injured, he said. SP Poonch JS Johar said the injured have been hospitalised.
Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire nine times in September this year. Meanwhile, a railway police constable was injured in a grenade attack by unidentified militants on a railway track in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Monday, police said.
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