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| Elderly man killed in 'unprovoked' firing by Indian troops across LoC: ISPR |
| 2018-08-19 |
| [DAWN] A 65-year-old man was killed when Indian troops resorted to "unprovoked" firing across the Line of Control (LoC) in Danna sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK), an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said on Saturday. Zulfiqar, a resident of Mouji village, died after Indian border forces targeted the civilian population in Danna sector, the statement added. "Indian post undertaking fire [was] targeted in response by Pakistain Army troops," the ISPR said. Read: Pak-India DGMOs exchange Independence Day greetings The latest violence along the heavily-militarised border comes after weeks of relative calm. Just two days earlier, the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistain and India had made a hotline contact and expressed "general satisfaction" over the situation along the LoC and Working Boundary since their last communication on May 29 for reinvigorating the ceasefire agreement. |
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