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Jammu And Kashmir: Woman Dies In Pakistani Mortar Shelling On Civilian Areas Along Line of Control

Swarajya Staff Oct 16, 2019, 03:48 PM | Updated 03:48 PM IST
A lady clears items from a house damaged in shelling by Pakistani security forces at Arnia village  in Jammu. (Representative Image) (Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

A lady clears items from a house damaged in shelling by Pakistani security forces at Arnia village in Jammu. (Representative Image) (Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)


As a consequence of heavy and unprovoked shelling by Pakistani forces along the Line of Control (LoC), a 24-year-old woman succumbed to death on Tuesday (15 October), reports Financial Express.

The victim, Shameena Akhtar belonged to Noona-Bandi in the Shahpur sector of Poonch district. Death of Akhtar has raised the count of fatalities in Pakistani shelling to three over the past four days. Prior to this, two Indian Army soldiers had been killed in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district and Uri sector of Baramulla district on Friday and Sunday, respectively.


Apart from Akhtar's death, as per officials, four buffaloes also perished in the ceasefire violation which started on Tuesday morning at about 9.30 am in the Qasba and Kirni sectors of Poonch.

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