Peerzada Waseem
Baramulla, June 12: A woman was killed and two other civilians injured in an intense shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri area on Friday, officials said.
They said that a mortar shell hit the house of Akthar Begum, 40, wife of Zahoor Ahmad at Batha Gram village of Uri, killing her on the spot.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom, told KNO that a woman was killed and two others sustained injuries in the shelling.
He said five families were evacuated safely to safer place and as a few vehicles and residential houses suffered damage in the shelling.
Army’s Srinagar based Spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said, “Today morning at 8:20 am, Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Rampur sector of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district by firing mortars and other weapons. Befitting response is being given.”
