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An army jawan and a villager were injured on Friday in the firing and shelling by Pakistani troops who continued to target civilian and forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir for the fourth consecutive day.
Pakistan troops violated ceasefire violations thrice in the last 12 hours along the LoC in Poonch.
Pakistani troops fired mortars and used automatic weapons to target forward posts along the LoC in the Balakote sector of Poonch district around 6 am, a defence spokesman said.
They fired 120 mm, 82 mm mortars, rocket projectile grenades and automatic weapons along LoC, he added.
“One army jawan was injured and has been hospitalised,” the spokesman told.
In the Pakistani shelling, a civilian Mohmmad Ashraf, 24, was also injured and some cattle were killed in Behrooti village, the police said, adding the youth has been hospitalised.
The defence spokesman said that the Indian troops retaliated appropriately to the Pakistani firing.
Earlier, Pakistan troops violated ceasefire twice during the night and resorted to shelling and firing on military posts and civilians areas along LoC in Hamirpur and Mendhar sectors of Poonch district 2 am on Friday, the spokesman said.
Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire 25 times in September 2015.
On September 16, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire thrice in Krishnagati and Balakote sectors of Poonch district.
Pakistani troops used 120 mm and 82 mm mortar bombs apart from automatic weapons to target Forward areas and civilian villages along the LoC in Poonch district on Thursday.
On September 15, Pakistan fired from automatic weapons on forward posts along the LoC in Balakote sector from 6:20 pm to 9 pm without any causality.
On Sunday, Boarder Security Force officer ASI Sohan was killed in shelling when Pakistan targeted their post in Manjakotr sector along LoC in Rajouri district.
Image: Pakistan violated fire on the fourth consecutive day