Woman killed as Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC

May 11, 2017 07:58

A woman has died and another man was injured in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Nowshera sector on Wednesday night.

Pakistani Army initiated indiscriminate firing from small arms and mortars along the Line of Control in Nowshera sector in Rajouri district around 10.30 pm yesterday.

This comes a week after an Army officer and a Border Security Force constable were killed in firing after Pakistan violated the ceasefire by firing rockets along the Line of Control in Poonch district. A head constable and Junior commissioned officer were also seriously injured in the attack.

At least one incident of ceasefire violation by Pakistan has been reported daily along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir in 2015 and 2016, with 23 security personnel being killed in the two years, the Home Ministry said in a Right To Information or RTI reply last week.

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