SRINAGAR: In two separate incidents, three soldiers were killed in shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two soldiers were killed in an unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the LoC in J&K’s Naugam sector on Thursday while another soldier was killed in shelling by Pakistan in Krishna Ghati Sector of Poonch district on Wednesday night, officials said.
“Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Naugam sector, Kupwara on Thursday morning by firing mortars and other weapons,” Srinagar-based defence spokesperson Colonel Rajesh Kalia said.
He said that four soldiers sustained injuries in the firing from across the border.
“The injured personnel are being evacuated while a befitting response is being given to the Pakistani firing,” he added.