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Indian soldier dead, six Pakistani civilians injured in cross border firing

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Published 2012-08-17 09:43:17

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BSF soldiers patrol border at India-Pakistan International Border Post– File Photo

RAWALPINDI: As many as six Pakistani civilians, including two women and a child, were seriously injured due to small arms firing and mortar shelling by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at village Surkhpur at Chuprial sector, 10 kilometres from Sialkot at 2000 hours Thursday evening.

According to a Pakistani military official, the injured were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Sialkot.

Moreover, Times of India reported that a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed in the incident.

Sources said the firing started around 730pm (IST) and went on intermittently.

Reports said some families from villages close to the zero line had started moving to safer places.

This was the eighth ceasefire violation in the past 10 days. The two countries had reached a ceasefire agreement in 2003.

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Comments (15)

Zeta
August 19, 2012 1:43 am
india
majid sohail
August 17, 2012 4:57 pm
pakistan zinda abad PAK FAUJ ZINDA ABAD
G.a
August 17, 2012 12:05 pm
It's a diversion tactic. Indian government trying to divert attention from Assam riots and the fact that people are fleeing Banglore. All governments create diversions to hide major issues.
ashu2107
August 17, 2012 9:43 am
Its not the situation. only agenda the politicians, army and hardliners have is to create hatred and bake their bread on the burner of hatred.. this shelling was done by pak rangers to push the terrorists inside india.. as evident with repeated events..
Junaid
August 17, 2012 8:21 am
Why don't people talk with facts. Freedom fighters cross in Kashmir sector, what crossing from Sialkot sector.
Mahmud
August 17, 2012 8:11 am
With the current situation in Pakistan, it is hard to believe that Pakistan would provoke India through cross border firing. Why is India shelling the villages? It is to cause further chaos inside Pakistan, in my opinion.
Sanjeev
August 17, 2012 7:22 am
The fact is that -- many terrorists have been trying to cross the border to create unrest in India. Even the Pakistanis counterpart know it . But virtually there has been no control from the Pakistan side to curb these illegal infiltration. Due to which the Indian forces on the border are very alert and they do not want to take any chance. And in the cross border firing innocent civilians are killed.
khali
August 17, 2012 6:41 am
please read article on TOI on the same incident!
Harry
August 17, 2012 6:39 am
Funny how Times of India only reported the Indian soldier dead and did not mention any injuries on the Pakistani civilian side. They also blamed Pakistan for opening fire first. What propraganda...
khali
August 17, 2012 6:38 am
amazing how the indian army man died due to small arms firing and mortar shelling by Indian Border Security Force. Be a bit more unbiased. Something must have happened before BSF started firing. Or, did they just get up one morning and started firing across the border and also kill one of their own for good measure!!!
Karthik
August 17, 2012 6:28 am
The firing was started from the Pakistani side to push in infiltrators.
Dr Muneeb
August 17, 2012 6:22 am
With one of their soldier dead, it should be enough to silence them
vijayIndia
August 17, 2012 6:00 am
Ceasefire violation by whom?
Ali
August 17, 2012 5:33 am
Its amazing...how only civilian casualties are relatively much higher on Pakistan side and more or less next to none on Indian side. (Just observing a pattern in related news)
Zeta
August 17, 2012 5:00 am
Call the flag meeting and protest
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