“The Pakistan Army troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on Indian Army posts along LoC in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir since midnight,” a defence spokesperson said on Tuesday. The Pakistan Army also shelled posts with mortars and opened fire with small arms and automatic weapons in the Poonch sector. The exchange of fire is going intermittently in Shahpur Kandi area along LoC in Poonch, police said. On September 2, 2016, Pakistan troops violated ceasefire by firing on forward Army posts along LoC in Akhnoor sector in Jammu district. Last year, 16 civilians were killed and 71 injured in 405 incidents of cross-border firing by Pakistan, the officer said.

Source: The Hindu September 06, 2016 03:33 UTC