Unprovoked Indian firing along LoC kills two, injures two others

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Unprovoked firing by Indian security forces from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday left two men dead in Nakial Sector.

According to details, heavy firing and shelling from Indian side of the LoC in Kanthi Gala village, Nakial sector in Kotli, left Mohammad Shafi and Shahpal dead and Imran and Mistri Rasheed seriously injured.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the Pakistan Army responded to the indiscriminate firing and shelling by the Indian forces in a befitting manner.

This is the second casualty in as many days due to Indian firing, which has continued even as the two neighbouring countries celebrated their respective independence days.

A civilian woman was killed in cross-border shelling by the Indian army in Kashmir, in violation of ceasefire agreement, officials said.

Three other civilians — the woman’s husband and daughter, and a third female relative — were wounded in the shelling, local officials said.

The incident took place on Friday in Nezapir sector, located in Forward Kahuta district on the Line of Control (LoC).