Jammu: Rattled by the Indian Air Force attack on terror nursery of Azhar Masood’s in Balakot area of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistani army continued with its offensive by resorting in repeated ceasefire violations. In one these violations, the enemy troops fired at civilian areas in Poonch district along the LoC, killing at least three civilians on Saturday.
a senior police official said that a woman and her two children were killed in Salotri village of Jhalas area in Krishna Ghati sector of the LoC when a shell fired by Pakistan army exploded inside a house in wee hours of Saturday.
“Besides, four others including two civilians and two army soldiers have been injured in Pakistani shelling and firing,” said the police official.
During the last eight days there has been exchange of fire between the Indian and Pakistani soldiers on the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districtss.
People living near the LoC describe the hostilities on the LoC as nothing short of a ‘war-like situation’.
As a precautionary measure, the authorities have closed all educational institutions within 5 km from the LoC in these two districts and have advised people to remain indoors and not venture out.