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| Naib Sarpanch injured as guns roar along LoC in Poonch | | Man dies of cardiac arrest amid shelling in Mendhar | | Early Times Report
Poonch, July 20: A naib Sarpanch was injured as armies of Pakistan and India on Saturday traded shelling along the Line of Control in Mendhar area of Poonch district.
A police officer Said that the Pakistani army opened unprovoked fire on Army posts at Mankote, Krishana Ghati and Balakote today in the morning. "At about 0900 hours, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation while resorting to firing by small arms and shelling with mortars along LoC in Mendhar sector," the officer said, adding that army soldiers manning the LoC retaliated strongly". According to the official, "the cross border shelling continued for a brief time." Some shells landed near residential areas resulting in injuries to Naib Sarpanch Zaffar Ullah Khan of Baloni in Mankote tehsil, the officer said. Zaffar, as per reports, suffered injuries in his right hand and was immediately shifted to nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, a person died of cardiac arrest amid cross LoC shelling in Mendhar.
Reports said that the man Manzoor Hussain (60) son of Jumma Hussain, a resident of Dheri Dabsi died due to heart attack. Confirming the death, SDPO Poonch Neeraj Padyar Said that the villager received a major heart attack after a mortar shell landed near his residential house. |
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