Woman killed as Pak violates ceasefire in J&K

October 15, 2019 22:00

A 24-year-old woman was killed on Tuesday in heavy shelling by the Pakistan Army, targeting villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.

Shameema Akhtar, a resident of Noona-Bandi, was killed in the Pakistani shelling in the Shahpur sector, Poonch District Development Commissioner Rahul Yadav told PTI.

He said four buffaloes also perished in the Pakistani shelling on forward villages and posts since the morning.

Earlier, a defence spokesperson said the Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire by resorting to small-arms firing and mortar shelling in the Qasba and Kirni sectors of Poonch around 9.30 am.

The Indian Army retaliated effectively to silence the Pakistani guns, but the casualties suffered by the other side were not known immediately, he said.

A police official said the firing intensified as the day passed and spread to the nearby Shahpur sector, causing panic among the border residents.

Most of the people stayed indoors, the official said, adding that Akhtar was hit by splinters after a mortar shell landed near her.

Several houses suffered damages in the cross-border shelling, he said. -- PTI

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