Pakistan Army on Friday opened indiscriminate fire at the Indian positions near the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector, injuring a jawan and triggering a massive retaliatory firing by the security forces.
Automatic weapons and mortars were used in the unprovoked firing by the Pakistani forces along the Line of Control (LoC), the ANI reported.
Friday’s unprovoked firing was another major ceasefire violation by the Pakistani border guards.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army is strongly retaliating against the Pakistani shelling.
An Army jawan sustained minor injuries in the exchange of fire.
“Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics, and mortars from 0745 hours in Poonch sector along the Line of Control (LoC),” a senior Army officer said.
On November 2, a BSF jawan was killed when Pakistani Rangers attacked a patrol party along the International Border in Samba district.
A girl was injured when Pakistani troops opened fire from small arms along the LoC in Karmara belt of Poonch district on October 31.
On October 18, eight civilians, including a two-year-old child, were injured in heavy Pakistani shelling in the district.
Meanwhile, Schools located the near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir were closed on Friday after the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy fire and shelling.
Reports said that the firing started at 7:50 am in Gulpur, Degwar, Nakarkote and other sectors. They said that shells were landing in villages located closed to the LoC.
Because of shelling, the Deputy Commissioner Poonch ordered the closure of all schools falling under firing range.
There was no immediate report of any casualties of losses to the property.
