Civilian killed in Pak firing along LoC in Poonch

August 21, 2019 03:45 pm | Updated 03:45 pm IST - Jammu

File photo of Indian Army jawans patrolling the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

File photo of Indian Army jawans patrolling the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

A 22-year-old civilian was killed in heavy mortar shelling by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.

Mohammad Addul Karim was critically injured when a mortar shell hit his house at Dabraj village in Mendhar sector late Tuesday. He was immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, the officials said.

Mendhar and Krishna Ghati sectors witnessed heavy mortar shelling and firing from across the LoC on Tuesday, resulting in the death of Army soldier Naik Ravi Ranjam Kumar and injuries to four other personnel.

Nearly half a dozen houses were also damaged in the firing, which had forced closure of schools falling within the firing range in the two sectors as a precautionary measure.

Schools, however, reopened on Wednesday.

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