10,000 flee from IB, LoC as Pak breaks truce
BY Team MP20 Jan 2018 11:58 PM IST
Team MP20 Jan 2018 11:58 PM IST
Jammu: An Army jawan was among four killed while nine others were injured as Pakistani troops shelled border outposts and civilian areas along the international border (IB) and LoC in the Jammu region for the third consecutive day on Saturday. The ceasefire violations triggered migration of over 10,000 people from their border hamlets as the authorities sounded a red alert and asked people to move to safer areas.
Over 300 educational institutes along the IB and LoC in the Jammu region have been closed for the next three days by the administration in the wake of increased tension due to the shelling. As many as 10 persons, including six civilians and four jawans, were killed and nearly 50 including some jawans were injured in the shelling during the past two days.
On Friday, two civilians and two jawans were killed and 35 others, including three jawans, injured in heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan troops on civilian areas and outposts along the IB and LoC in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
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