(Eds: Updating the injured tally)Jammu, Aug 27 (PTI) Five civilians, including a woman and two minor boys, were injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said. The Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from light to heavy weapons for nearly 45 minutes, targeting forward posts and villages in the Shahpur sector around 6 pm, they said. "Five persons received splinter injuries in the cross LoC firing and shelling by Pakistani troops. The injured were given first aid locally and then sent to a district hospital, he said. However, there has been firing from across the international border in the Jammu area in recent days.

Source: India Today August 27, 2017 18:33 UTC