Girl injured as Pakistani mortars land across LoC

POONCH: At least one person was injured on Tuesday night when about 15 mortars were fired across LoC allegedly from Pakistan, in the first such incident in more than a year, police said.

The mortars came from across the border and landed in forward Durga Post area in the Poonch sector of Occupied Kashmir between 5.30pm and 8.15pm, a police spokesman alleged. A girl was injured when one of the shells landed on her house, said a PTI report, quoting officials. “Some 15 mortar shells were fired (but) it is not yet clear whether the shells were fired by militants or Pakistani troops,” the police spokesman said. afp

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