12 civilians, Indian soldier killed in Pakistani shelling after Operation Sindoor
The Indian Army said that a soldier was killed on Wednesday in shelling by the Pakistani military along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following Operation Sindoor. The civilian toll in the firing by the Pakistan Army increased increased to 12, The Hindu reported.
Pakistan shelled villages in four districts close to the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, the newspaper reported. Those killed included three women and three children. Fifty-one civilians were injured.
The shelling by Pakistan on Wednesday came after the Indian military earlier in the day carried out strikes on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor in response to the terror attack. Nine sites were targeted.
The Pakistan Army resorted to shelling and firing in Rajouri and Poonch districts in the Jammu division, and Kupwara and Baramulla districts in the Kashmir valley, according to The Hindu.
Pakistan continued firing along the Line of Control on Wednesday night.
The Pakistani military “resorted to unprovoked fire using small arms and artillery guns” along the Line of Control in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army said.
The Indian Army said that it had “responded proportionately”.