CEASEFIRE VIOLATION BY PAK AGAIN ------------------------------------ Amid heightened tension on the border over the killing of five Indian soldiers, Pakistani troops have violated the ceasefire yet again by firing 7,000 rounds of heavy ammunition and mortar shells for seven hours at Indian posts along the Line of Control, in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir . The fresh ceasefire violation late on Friday, which the Indian Army termed as the"biggest ceasefire violation" in recent times, comes four days after five Indian soldiers were killed by specialist troops of the Pakistan Army on the LoC. There was no loss of life in the firing from across the border as the Indian Army fired back effectively. "Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on several Indian forward posts along the LoC in Durga Battalion area in Poonch district around 22.20 hours last night," defence spokesman S N Acharya said today. "They fired 7000 rounds of heavy weaponry -- Pika ammunition and medium mortars -- targeting several Indian posts in order to cause heavy causalities till 04.30 hours, the spokesman said, adding that it was the"biggest ceasefire violation".
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 02:13:58 +0000
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