Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 24: Pakistani forces violated ceasefire by firing from automatic weapons and shelling mortars at Shahpur and Kirni forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district today.
The violation comes just days after an attack by a Pakistani Special Forces team that sneaked across the LoC into Poonch under heavy fire-cover and martyred two jawans while losing two of their men.
The Pakistan army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing from small arms, automatic weapons and mortars at Shahpur and Kirni from 11.30 am on Indian Army posts along the LoC in Poonch sector, official sources said.
The Indian troops returned the fire strongly and effectively, they said, adding that the firing stopped at 2.10 pm.
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Earlier on Thursday, in the third such attack this year, a team of Pakistani Special Forces sneaked 600 meters across the LoC into the Poonch sector and killed two Indian jawans and lost two Border Action Team (BAT) members in retaliatory action.
The BAT comprised Special Force personnel of the Pakistan army and terrorists.
Earlier, on June 16, Pakistan violated the ceasefire by firing on forward posts along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district, killing an Indian Army jawan.
There have been 19 ceasefire violations along the LoC and the International Border in Jammu region.
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