One killed, two injured in Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri
One person was killed and two were injured in shelling by the Pakistani military along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri on Thursday night.
Pakistani soldiers violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday night, said the Indian Army, amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
A “befitting reply was given to the CFVs [ceasefire violations]”, the Indian military said on Friday morning.
Dr Parvaiz Masoodi, the medical superintendent of the Government Medical College in Baramulla, told Scroll that the hospital had received three casualties from Uri out of which one person was brought dead. “Two other patients are stable,” said Masoodi.
The woman who died was identified as Nargis Bashir from Razarwani village in Uri.
Pakistan also shelled areas along the Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday evening.
A resident in Tangdhar, who did not want to be identified, told Scroll that the shelling started at about 7 pm and continued till 5 am on Friday.
“At least 14 houses have suffered damages due to the shelling,” the person said. “One house has been completely destroyed.”
While the Kupwara district administration...
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