After Pakistani troops initiated unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC), the Indian Army retaliatory action has led to the death of five Pakistani soldiers and three injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, Defence sources said.
“Pakistan initiated unprovoked firing and shelling targeting civilian facilities in Mankote sector of the LoC in Poonch district on Thursday. The damage was caused to civilian properties due to indiscriminate targeting of civilian facilities by the Pakistan army. This necessitated befitting retaliatory action by the Indian army in which five Pakistani soldiers were killed and three injured. Several of their bunkers have also been destroyed”, sources said.
The two sides exchanged fire that lasted for 2 hours after Pakistan again violated the bilateral ceasefire agreement signed by the two countries in 1999.
As per data, 30 civilians have been killed and over 100 injured in over 3200 ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the LoC since January 2020.