Jammu, J&K: Indian media reports says at least 4 people have reportedly been killed and 25 have been injured in a firing by Pakistan Rangers in Jammu & Kashmir’s Arnia sector.
According to Times now reports, Pak troops fired at BSF posts and also targeted civilian areas in Arnia sector.
![An April 2014 file photo of villagers showing bullet marks on the wall of a house after firing from Pakistan side in Devigarh village at the India-Pakistan International border at Arnia sector in Jammu [File Photo]](https://sikhsiyasat-en.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Indian-Pakistan-LoC-firing.jpg)
An April 2014 file photo of villagers showing bullet marks on the wall of a house after firing from Pakistan side in Devigarh village at the India-Pakistan International border at Arnia sector in Jammu [File Photo]
Reports say the firing started at midnight and is still on.
On Sunday (Oct. 06) the Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunshot fires along the line of control (LoC) in Poonch of Jammu & Kashmir, violating a 2003 ceasefire, the Indian defence ministry said.
Indian army claims that the “unprovoked firing” that bgan at 8am in Mendhar sector lasted for 30 minutes. Army spokesman Lt. Col. Manish Mehta said the violation was “effectively and appropriately responded to” by Indian troops. There were no casualties.
Earlier on Oct. 03 a sixteen-year-old girl was killed while five others were wounded after Pakistani troops fired on forward Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch district.
The girl was identified as Zahira Akhtar. Ghulam Mohammad (60), Sher Bagh (52), Zulfikar Ahmad (17), Tariq Iqbal and Javed Iqbal (14) were wounded in this incident. Indian army had also opened ‘retaliatory’ fire on Pakistan troops, says the media reports.