Woman Killed, 5 Injured In Pakistan Artillery Shelling In J&K's Uri

A woman has been killed while five others have been injured in cross-border artillery shelling by Pakistan on Thursday in Gulmarg, Uri, Nowgam, and Kupwara, Rajouri and Poonch along the Line of Control (LoC). 

Uri was the worst hit in which one Nargis Begum was killed in the shelling. The injured were shifted to Government Medical College hospital in Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Uri, said a doctor at the hospital, adding that they are stable. 

A relative of the deceased said that she was killed while her family attempted to move to a safer place. 

"My sister-in-law, who lives in Uri, decided to leave her place when the shelling started yesterday. Their vehicle was hit by a shell. They were injured and referred to Baramullah. However, the doctor said she was dead on arrival," a local Altaf Hussain told PTI. 

"The incident happened at around 9.30 pm.  We haven't seen such kind of shelling ever," he added. 

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