4-year-old boy killed near LoC from Indian shelling, officials say – Pakistan

A four-year-old boy was killed and four other civilians were wounded by Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday, authorities said.

Deputy Commissioner Neelum Raja Mahmood Shahid said Sunrise that the four-year-old victim, Hussain Mir, was killed in the village of Bantil when Indian forces began bombing earlier today.

"The innocent boy was hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell in the first bombing attack while standing in his backyard. He died on the spot," Shahid said.

Bantil is part of the income town of Tehjiyan and is located five kilometers from Dudhnial. Both Tehjiyan and Dudhnial were also damaged by the Indian bombings on Friday.

In the Rakhchikri sector, two men, aged 26 and 70, respectively, were injured by the Indian bombing, said police officer Raja Khalid Kiani. Sunrise.

Meanwhile, in the Poonch district, a 14-year-old boy was seriously injured after shelling began in the area around 6:30 p.m., police officer Abdul Wudood said.

Early in the morning, a 50-year-old woman was injured in the Gaahi Barhu village of the Samahni sector in the southernmost district of Bhimber, according to Senior Police Superintendent Bhimber Mir Abid.

The Nakyal sector of the Kotli district was also being bombed "indiscriminately" by Indian troops, residents said, adding that there were no reports of victims.

"The Indian army is targeting Mohra Dharoti, Balakot, Nara Lanjot and other adjacent villages. As I speak to you, I can hear the thunder of mortars and artillery, "said Abdul Qayyum Tahir, a journalist from Nakyal. Sunrise by phone.

"We will be able to determine the losses only when the bombardment stops," he added.

According to Syed Shahid Mohyiddin Qadri, Azad Jammu and the secretary for civil defense and disaster management in Kashmir, the number of people killed by the Indian bombings in 2020 increased to three, while 54 civilians were injured, of whom 38 are men and 16 women.

Taking to Twitter, AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider wrote: “Unprovoked, indiscriminate and unrelenting ceasefire violations by the Indian Army were not only causing civilian casualties and damage, but were also disrupting our efforts to contain Covid-19 in areas along the cease-line. restless fire [LoC].

"It will be the [United Nations Secretary General] Antonio Guterres takes note of this beast?

Earlier today, Inter-Service Public Relations had said two civilians were wounded by "unprovoked ceasefire violation" by Indian forces overnight.

On Friday, six civilians were wounded after Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing in various sectors near the LoC, ISPR said.