Two girls among six wounded in Indian firing along LoC: DG ISPR

Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) during the last 24 hours using artillery and heavy mortars and seriously wounded several civilians, Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Babar Iftikhar said on Saturday.

The incidents took place in Sharda, Dhudnial and Shahkot Sectors along the LoC and the Indian troops deliberately targeted the civilian population in the area, the DG ISPR said.

"Due to Indian Army's indiscriminate fire of heavy weapons at Bessan Wali and Chhari villages, four innocent civilians, including a 15 year-old girl, sustained serious injuries," he added.

"Two more civilians, including an 18 year-old girl, also sustained serious injuries in another incident and were evacuated to nearby health facilities for necessary medical care," the DG ISPR said.

"Pakistan Army troops responded effectively with matching calibre, and targeted those Indian Army posts which initiated fire," he said.

According to the ISPR, the Indian Army has so far this year committed 708 ceasefire violations along the LoC in which 2 Pakistanis have embraced martyrdom while another 42 have sustained injuries.

Pakistan Army had shot down an Indian quadcopter on Thursday that violated the Pakistani airspace in Sankh Sector along the Line of Control (LoC), the ISPR said.

"In this provocative act, Indian quadcopter intruded 600 meters inside Pakistan's territory for conducting surveillance," the military's media wing said in a statement.

"This blatant act was aggressively responded to by Pakistan Army troops shooting down Indian quadcopter. Such unwarranted acts by Indian Army are clear violation of established norms," it added.