2 Soldiers, 3 Civilians Killed In Uri, 5 Persons Injured In Poonch

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Zaffar Iqbal, M S Nazki

Baramulla/ Poonch, Nov 13 : Two soldiers and three civilians, one of them a woman, were killed in mortar shelling and firing along the Line of Control in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Also five civilians were injured in similar incident along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu.

Official sources said that the two soldiers and three civilians were killed and one civilian was critically injured in the heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistan along the Uri.

Two soldiers of 59 MR succumbed to injuries they had sustained during a “ceasefire violation” by Pakistan in the Uri sector, they said. “The troops gave a befitting response to the ceasefire violation,” the official sources said.

The civilian killed in the incident have been identified as Tahib Ahmad Mir (36) son of Jaleel Ahmad Mir of Sultan Daki, Irshad Ahmad son of Karamat Hussain of Sarai Bandi Kamlakote and Farooq Begum wife of Bashir Ahmad Dar of Balkote. One civilian was also critically injured and has been identified as Nasder Hussain son of Peer Hussain of Kamalkote. He has been shifted to GMC Baramulla, the officials added.

Meanwhile, five civilians including a middle aged woman and two porters were injured in alleged shelling and firing by Pakistan army along sawjian sector in Poonch district.
They have been identified as Hajra Begum (50) wife of Abdul Salam, Touseef Ahmad and Mohammad Rashad son of mehraj Din, residents of Sawjian Maidan while two porters of 183 BN BSF include Mohammad Afaraz son of Zaman Kahan and Mohammad Ibrahim son of Brahamdin Khan, both residents of Saujian (Chaprian. All the injured have been rushed to the hospital, Station House Officer Mandi Tilk Raj told GNS. (GNS)

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