Jammu/Srinagar, May 07: At least 13 people, including four children and a soldier, were killed and 57 were injured as Pakistan’s army carried out the most intensive artillery and mortar shelling in the years to target villages along with LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and said on Wednesday after Indian missile launch against terrorist infrastructure against terrorist infrastructure in neighboring country.
Hundreds of residents were forced to take shelter in underground bunkers or shift to safe places, as indiscriminate shells by Pakistan destroyed houses, vehicles and various buildings including a gurdwara, and created panic between the worst deer residents in Jammu region and the border residents in Rajouri.
Officials said that the Indian Army was responding to shelling in a terrible manner, resulting in many casualties in favor of the enemy after destroying many of their posts in firing.
This is the first time that such intense shelling has been observed after the ceasefire agreement between the two countries on February 25, 2021.
All 13 deaths were in the Poonch district, officials said, 42 people were also injured and the condition of two of them was described as serious.
He said that along with LoC in Poonach, Balakote, Mehar, Mankot, Krishna Ghata, Gulappur, Carnney and even Poonch district headquarters were told for shelling, resulting in damage to dozens of houses and vehicles, resulting in damage to dozens of houses and vehicles.
The shelling from across the border was intense till noon and later continued to stop, mostly limited to Poonch sector for the next few hours. Officials said the local people faced a difficult time to vacate the victims in the hospital due to heavy shelling, which also killed the Poonch bus stand, damaged several buses, the officials said.
He said that the three Sikhs lost their lives when a artillery shell hit a gurudwara and killed the houses adjacent to Poonch Town. Many parties from Punjab condemned the incident.
In a post on X, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “Live life strongly condemned the inhuman attack by Pakistani forces on the holy central gurudwara Sri Guru Guru Singh Sabha Sahib in the pain.”
Officials said ten people were injured in the URI area of Bermula district, including five children from across the border, while three others were injured in Rajouri district, officials said that several houses caught fire due to fire in Karna sector of Kupwara district.
Authorities gave the deceased Balvinder Kur alias “Ruby” (33), Mohammad Zain Khan (10), his elder sister Zoya Khan (12), Mohammad Akram (40), Amric Singh (55), Mohammad Iqbal (45), Ranjit Singh (48), Shakela (48), Shakela (48), Shakela (48), Shakela (48), Shakela (48), Vaihan Bhargava (13) and Mohammad Rafi (40) and a Lance Naik of the Army, identified as Shakela (48), 48).
It was the 13th consecutive night of unprotected firing with borders in Jammu and Kashmir, stress increased after the Pahgam attack.
Earlier, a defense spokesperson said that during the night between the night of 6 and 7 May, the Pakistan Army resorted to arbitrary firing, including artillery shelling, from the LoC and international border against Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the Indian Army is “proportional” reply.
Army sources said that Indian soldiers had many casualties for enemy forces after destroying many of their positions in retaliation.
Officials on Wednesday closed all educational institutions in five border districts of Jammu region.
The ceasefire violation has been very rare after India and Pakistan renewed the ceasefire agreement on 25 February 2021.
In a gesture of solidarity and compassion, the Congress MLA of Rajouri Ifkhar Ahmed donated blood with his supporters after visiting the injured for the injured treatment at GMC Hospital in Rajouri.
Ahmed appealed to the public to come forward and donate blood, emphasizing the immediate need to support medical efforts during this important time.
“We are ready to sacrifice everything for the integrity and sovereignty of the nation. The nation comes first, and we must unite to face any challenge that comes in our way,” he said.
Principal GMC Rajouri Amarjeet Singh Bhatia said that the hospital is ready to deal with the situation completely in view of the border clashes and increasing tension.
“All the necessary arrangements are to ensure the best treatment for the patients,” he said.
Officials of the Poonch District said that they have nominated nine public shelter camps, which are accompanied by adequate facilities for those wishing to transfer from the villages that are hit by Pakistani shelling.
“Although there was no firing from across the border in our village, we have been told that we have been shifted to ITI College, where necessary arrangements have been made for our lodge in view of the state of tension prevalent by the government,” Liaquat Ali, a resident of Zoraian village near IB, told PTI.
Ali said that the village was extremely victim and even Pakistani shelling was burnt on the ground in the past.
The Indian armed forces carried out missile attacks on nine terrorist goals in Pakistan and Pakistan -occupied Kashmir, in Pahgam in South Kashmir, a missile attack began across the border soon after the missile attack to avenge the April 22 terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.
