Two civilians have wounded by unprovoked firing r
esorted to by I
ndian troops in Rakhchikri and Baroh sectors along the Line of Control, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. In a Twitter message, the director-general of ISPR said that I
ndian troops initiated unprovoked cea
sefire violations (CFVs) in Rakhchikri and Baroh sectors along LOC targeting the civilian populat
ion. The statement read that two women who are residents o
f Kirni and Gahi village were injured in the latest CFV. The I
ndian troops have committed 1,697 cea
sefire violations in 2020 to date, it added. Earlier on July 12, I
ndian forces had injured as many as six civilians including two women and an 11-year-old girl in separate incidents of unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC). In the first incident, the I
ndian forces had carried out unprovoked firing at the Rakhchikri Sector alongside the LOC and targeted civilian population. An elderly woman, resident o
f Kirni village, had sustained injuries in the firing incident, said the ISPR adding that the Pakistan Army responded effectively to I
ndian firing. News desk