One civilian was killed and five others injured in fresh Pakistan firing on Indian security installations along the International Border (IB) in Jammu’s Samba district since Friday night.
Around a dozen border villages were affected by shells fired from across the border. The firing started around 9 p.m. on Friday and continued up to Saturday morning.
“A befitting reply would be given to the perpetrators of violence. Peace along the IB and the Line of Control must be respected by the stakeholders,” said Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh. The dead civilian was identified as Raj Kumar (36). Reports said cattle, a house and a mini-bus bore the brunt of the shelling.
A Border Security Force official in Jammu confirmed attacks on at least nine border outposts. Pakistan’s fresh attempt to destabilise peace along the border comes days after its Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sought U.S. intervention in the Kashmir issue, during his meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington.
J&K has witnessed 203 ceasefire violations this year, leaving 28 people dead and more than 160 injured.
