1 killed, 9 injured as Pakistan trains guns on civilians

Pakistan too claims that a teenager was killed and a child was injured

January 03, 2015 09:47 am | Updated November 17, 2021 02:06 am IST

In this file photo, a BSF jawan stands guard at the Bagh Nallha, known to be an infiltration point, at the Paharpur border post in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

In this file photo, a BSF jawan stands guard at the Bagh Nallha, known to be an infiltration point, at the Paharpur border post in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

A 45-year-old woman was killed and nine others, including two children, were wounded in heavy shelling that continued across the Internernational Border between Indian Border Security forces and Pakistan Rangers in Samba and Kathua area of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan’s military, in a statement, has said India's “unprovoked firing” has killed a 13-year-old girl and wounded a child.

According to BSF sources, 13 border outposts on the Indian side were under Pakistani fire since last night.

“The heavy firing started from the Pakistani side and we have also retailiated strongly to the firing,” DIG BSF and spokesperson said.

Deputy Commissioner, Samba, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said they are evacuating civilians living along the border to prevent any further casualties.

The latest round of firing by Pakistan which started on New Year eve has left two persons dead, including a BSF jawan, and nine injured while five Pakistan Rangers have been killed in retaliatory firing by India.

The fresh round of ceasefire violations started on the New Years eve when one BSF soldier and two Pakistani Rangers were killed in the firing. It comes barely two months after the last major escalation that left 13 people dead and displaced 32,000 border residents.

“Two persons were injured in Baingallar border hamlet in Samba and the firing exchanges are still going on,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Samba, Anil Magotra said.

According to Police, the injured have been shifted to hospital.

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