Two civilians were killed and five others were wounded in firing by Indian troops in Pakistan-administered-Kashmir (PaK), said a media report today.
Dawn News reported that the casualties occurred in different villages of Nakyal sector in Kotli district of PaK, which were targeted by Indian troops from across the restive Line of Control (LoC) throughout the preceding night and during the day.
“The area received shelling for most part of the night, but it was most “intense and indiscriminate” from 11:30am to 1:30pm,” the report quoted Waleed Anwar, assistant commissioner of Nakyalas as saying.
Anwar said one man was wounded past midnight, while a man and a woman were killed and four others were injured during the day.
“The shelling is continuing at the moment, though intermittently. Due to the diminution in severity of shelling people had started evacuating the victims to the nearest health facilities,” he said.
“I have been told that three of the injured persons are critical and are being transferred to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital, [Kotli],” Anwar said.
He feared that the number of casualties could increase as reports from many highly vulnerable areas were yet to be collected.
On Friday, Pakistan media reports said that a man was killed and a minor girl wounded in PaK’s Bhimber district along the LoC.