Seven people, including a woman and two children, were killed and 38 others were killed on Wednesday, when the Pakistani army pounded tens of artillery villages and shelling Malta along the control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said.
“All seven deaths were reported in the worst affected POONCH district with injury to another 25 persons,” officials said to the news agency PTI. Meanwhile, 10 people were injured in the Uri sector in the Baramulla district and the other three were injured in the Rajouri district, the officials added.
The Indian army said on Wednesday that Pakistan violated the ceasefire agreement by firing artillery in Bhimber Gali in the Poonch-Orauri area in Jammu and Kashmir soon on Wednesday.
“The Indian army responds adequately,” the army said.
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Cross attacks between India and Pakistan were announced after India carried out missile strikes against nine terrorist destinations in Pakistan and Kashmir in Pakistan late on Tuesday.
India said she targeted nine places in Pakistan and POK. “No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has shown considerable restrictions in the selection of goals and methods of execution,” the Ministry of Defense said.
Pakistan retaliation by starting “any fire, including artillery shelling, from positions through LOC and IB (international borders) opposite Jamm and Kashmir,” said sources in the Indian army.
Previously, the sources gave the victim from Pakistan to three. “Three innocent civilians lost their lives in not distinguishing fire and shelling with Pakistan,” the sources said.
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In addition to Mankote, there were Krishna Ghati and Shahpur in Poonch, Laam, Manjakote and Gambeer Brahman in the Rajouri district in the Rajouri district in the Jammo region and in the Kupwara and Gambeer Brahman districts.
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The Indian security forces guarding the boundary also took retaliation and cross -border shelling between the two sides when the last reports were received, the officials said that Pakistan’s shelling forced people to resort to underground bunkers.
It was 13. A consecutive night of unprovoked fire along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir, in the middle of increased tension after a terrorist attack 22. April in Pahalgam, which left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
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‘SINDOOR’ Operation ‘
In retaliation against the terrorist attack of Pahalgam, the Indian armed forces carried out missile attacks early on Wednesday on nine terrorist goals in Pakistan and Pakistan-kicked Kashmir, including Bahawalpur, the main base of Jaish-E-Mohammed terrorist clothing.
Military strikes were carried out as part of the “Sindoor Operation”, the Indian Army said in a statement published at 1.44 hours.
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Pakistani violations of the ceasefire
“Pakistan again violates the ceasefire agreement by burning the artillery in Bhimber Gali in the Poonch-Rauri area. The Indian army responds appropriately in a calibrated way,” wrote another General Directorate for Public Information (ADGPI) Indian Army on X.
The violation of the ceasefire along the LOC and the international border (IB) was very rare after India and Pakistan resumed an agreement on a ceasefire of 25 February 2021.
From the night of April 24th, just hours after India suspended the Indus Waters contract after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Pakistan’s troops resorted to uncoated fire in various places along the LOC in J&K, starting with the Kashmir valley.
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Pakistan, initially starting with unpaid firearms in several positions along the LOC in the districts of Kupwara and Baramulla in North Kashmir, quickly expanded its violation of the ceasefire to the POONCH sector and then to the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region.
This was followed by the shooting of hand firearms in several positions along the LOC in Sunderbani and Nausera sectors in the Rajouri district. Subsequently, fire spread to the Pargwal sector along the international border in the District of Jammu.
Meanwhile, a strong explosion in Panthiyal Sub-Division in the Ramban district was also heard, but its exact cause was not known immediately, the officials said.
(With the entry from agencies)
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