“This morning around 9 am Pakistan Army opened fire and shot mortars in Balakote and then spread its arc of fire in adjoining Mankote and Mendhar sectors around 10 am. Pakistan did not even spare villagers and targeted forward villages in Balakote sector. Also read: Pakistan army raises white flag, takes back dead soldiers from LoC: ReportThe police officer informed that around 50 students, who had come to attend school in Balakote, were trapped in the shelling. Similar reports of small children getting trapped in their schools also poured in from other areas of Balakote sector. Around 40 to 50 villages in a stretch of 50 km were affected by their shelling,” said an intelligence official from Mendhar.

Source: Hindustan Times September 14, 2019 10:31 UTC