Early Times Report
Rajouri, Nov 10: Army jawan was martyred on Saturday in sniper fire by Pakistani soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said.
This was the second sniper attack along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in as many days. An Army porter lost his life in a similar incident in Jammu's Akhnoor sector on Friday.
The spokesman said, "At about 0945 hours, unprovoked ceasefire violation was initiated by Pakistan in which one Army jawan was shot by a sniper. He succumbed to injuries."
Indian jawans guarding the LoC retaliated to Pakistani firing effectively, official sources said.
Meanwhile, two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed today in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district.
On November 6, an Army jawan was injured when he was hit by a sniper from across the border at Kalal in Nowshera sector of Rajouri. While a BSF jawan was injured in a separate incident of firing by Pakistan along the LoC in the Manjakote area of Rajouri-Poonch sector on Friday (November 9).
The number of ceasefire violations this year by Pakistan has been the highest in the past eight years.
The first seven months of this year saw 52 deaths and 232 people getting injured in 1,435 ceasefire violations in the state, according to an RTI reply by the Home Ministry. |
