Six injured in unprovoked Indian firing at LoC

RAWALPINDI: Indian troops committed several unprovoked ceasefire violations across the Line of Control (LoC) throughout Saturday, injuring six innocent civilians, including four women.

According to the Inter Services Public Relations, three people were injured during Indian firing in Baroh Sector after Nakial Sector.

The injured have been identified as 58-year-old Zamurd Begum, 35-year-old Shazia Parveen and 17-year-old Muhammad Inzimam.

“Pakistani troops aggressively engaging Indian bunkers firing on civilians,” according to Pakistan Army’s media cell.

Earlier, Indian border forces, without any provocation, fired across the LoC in Karela, Kotkoterra, Khuiratta, Sabzkot, Baroh, Tandar and Khanjar sectors. “Pakistani troops befittingly responded to the unprovoked Indian firing, which began at 0700 hours [on Saturday] and continues till now,” said the statement.  

The civilians injured in the Indian firing, residents of Sohana village in Kotkoterra Sector, were identified as Haji Muhammad Younis, son of Abdul Aziz, Rehana Bibi, wife of Muhammad Asif and Samina Begum, wife of Tufail Mughal.

Moreover, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday appreciated the state of operational readiness and high morale of troops, and praised the effective response to ceasefire violations by India along the LoC.

General Bajwa visiting the troops deployed along Loc in Nakial Sector, where he was briefed on the situation by the local commander, ISPR said.

On May 10, a civilian was killed while two others injured in another incident of unprovoked firing by Indian troops at the LoC on Wednesday, Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria had announced on Twitter on Thursday.

“We condemn Indian acts of deliberate targeting of civilians,” the spokesperson had said.