At least three people were killed and four injured in Sialkot late on Tuesday as Indian border security forces continued to fire shells across the working boundary with Pakistan.
In Sialkot’s Chaprar sector, two people identified as Ghulam Hussain and Asif, died while another man Shabbir was wounded in the incident. Early on Wednesday, a man who was injured in mortar shell attacks in the Charwa sector of Sialkot succumbed to his injuries.
Moreover, in Sajeetgarh sector’s Dhathi village, three people – Ijaz, Nathay Khan and Abdul Razzaq – were injured due to firing.
An intense bout of firing continued in the area which also damaged buildings and houses located along the working boundary.
For the past three days, 10 civilians have been killed and at least two dozen wounded in firing along a stretch of the disputed border and working boundary between India and Pakistan.
The Foreign Ministry had said it had lodged a protest with Indian diplomats over the killings of Pakistani civilians, saying the firing was “in complete disregard” of the Eidul Azha festival being celebrated in the country.