Four injured as Indian forces continue unprovoked firing in Abbaspur Sector
Officers of Pakistan Army gave befitting response and silent the guns of enemy.
ABBASPUR (Dunya News) – At least four people including a girl sustained severe wounds so far as Indian troops continued unprovoked firing and shelling in Abbaspur Sector on Monday.
According to details, Indian army targeted populated areas of Kakota, Dhara, Batol and Chari Kot at 6am in the morning and injured two people.
Officers of Pakistan Army gave befitting response and silent the enemy’s guns.
#CFVbyIndia in Chirikot Sec on 12March. Deliberate targeting by civ which injured 2 including 15yr old girl is deplorable.
— M. Nafees Zakaria (@ForeignOfficePk) March 13, 2017
Earlier on Sunday, at least two people were injured in Indian forces’ firing in villages of Polas and Taroti in Abbaspur Sector.
Tensions in Kashmir, the long-disputed Himalayan region, reached dangerous levels in September last year after 19 Indian soldiers were killed in militants’ attack on their camp in Uri sector.
There have since been repeated outbreaks of cross-border firing, with both sides reporting deaths and injuries including of civilians.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947. Both claim the Himalayan territory in full and have fought two wars over the mountainous region.