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| India-Pakistan |
| 1 killed as cross-LoC attacks resume after two-week lull |
| 2018-05-16 |
| [DAWN] A man lost his life in Azad Jammu and Kashmire's (AJK) Poonch district on Tuesday as Indian snipers resumed assassinations from across the Line of Control (LoC), police officials told Dawn. The casualty occurred in Dara Sher Khan village of Battal sector in Hajira subdivision at 12:15pm, when the victim was trimming a tree in the courtyard of his house, local police official Muhammad Aziz told Dawn. "It was a single shot that hit the 55-year-old victim in the head, and he fell off the tree and went titzup," Aziz added. The victim’s family rushed him to a health facility in Tatta Pani ‐ located 7 kilometres ahead of Dara Sher Khan ‐ where the doctors pronounced him dead He's dead, Jim! on arrival. The dear departed was identified as Muzaffar Chaudhry alias Mangu. Relatives and other residents staged a demonstration in Tatta Pani to condemn unprovoked ceasefire violations across the LoC and express support for anti-India struggle. The heavily militarised LoC has been frequently witnessing ceasefire violations particularly after September 2016, in a serious breach of a truce agreement signed by two armies in November 2003. Apart from heavy mortar shelling, Indian troops have resorted to deliberate targeting of civilians with small arms while they are doing daily chores in vulnerable areas along the LoC in AJK. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... for more than two weeks, the LoC was silent as the last casualties in the region were reported on April 26, when two non-combatants were killed and as many maimed in heavy mortar shelling by Indian troops in Chamb sector of Bhimber district. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Too kind, TW, as always. "Happen to you," indeed! Crazy place to ask, but what the hell... Rastaburg has been useless and Rantburg knows pretty much everything. I've been plagued for decades by the vivid memory of a few seconds of dub heard on radio or cassette, that I've never been able to identify. No idea why it originally made an impression, but its present potential tantalises, as does the "eternal mystery" aspect. Words: "I'm a victim... a victim..." Anyone? Ben Stein? |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-05-16 22:56 |
| #4 Urushiol rashes Seriously impressive, Zenobia F. The rythms and rhymes that happen to you! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-05-16 20:20 |
| #3 An anglo of Quetzaltenango, Quizas, was too fond of his mango: Urushiol rashes And sappy mustaches Fall flat at the Friday fandango. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-05-16 19:39 |
| #2 "Mangu only pawn in game of life." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-05-16 11:25 |
| #1 Muzaffar Chaudhry alias Mangu. WTF? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-16 10:12 |