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Heavy firing on LoC in Poonch district

By IANS | Updated: April 11, 2020 15:11 IST

Pakistan Army on Saturday resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Poonch district, Defence spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand told .

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Jammu, April 11 Pakistan Army on Saturday resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Poonch district, Defence spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand told .

"Around 9.50 a.m. today Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along the LoC in Kirni sector. The Indian Army is retaliating befittingly," Anand said.

The ceasefire violation comes a day after the Indian Army destroyed an ammunition dump, a terror launching pad and caused damage to an artillery formation of Pakistan in Keran and Tangdhar sectors of the Valley.

Meanwhile, two civil were injured and two residential houses damaged in Pakistan shelling in Keran sector of the LoC on the Indian side yesterday.

( With inputs from IANS )

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