Pak Violates Ceasefire in J&K’s Poonch District, Army Retaliates

Indian Army troops guarding the border retaliated. Image used for representational purpose.

(Photo: PTI)

• Pakistan on Thursday, 26 October, night, violated ceasefire by targeting forward villages and posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
• Army troops guarding the border retaliated, and an exchange of fire between the two sides was underway when the last reports were received, said the police.
• The police added that Pakistani troops fired using small and heavy weapons at around 8:45 pm at Sher Shakti and Mandhar areas of Kerni sector in Poonch. No casualties have been reported so far.

(More details awaited.)

(With PTI inputs)

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