BREAKING: Pakistan troops fire at Indians in Kashmir

Jammu: Pakistani troops opened heavy gun fire on 10 Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, army officials said on Sunday.

The Pakistani firing began late Saturday in Krishna Ghati sector in the mountainous district of Poonch, about 250 km from Jammu, and lasted till Sunday morning.

"They used small arms, light machine guns and rockets. The firing was heavy up to 11 p.m. Thereafter it became intermittent and was going on till 7 a.m.," an official said.


Tata Power, RInfra blame commissioning delays for failure to meet solar power target
Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh dropped from squad for Nagpur Test


3:00
Bitter homecoming for cross-border families in Kashmir


2:18
Another ceasefire violation; 1 jawan killed
Indian troops retaliated "to silence the Pakistani guns", he said.

The army said the usual motive behind such firing is to give cover to terrorists trying to cross the LoC to get into Jammu and Kashmir.

"We are searching the area to find if any infiltrators sneaked in," said the official. [link to www.ndtv.com]

Last Edited by JUST HERE on 12/09/2012 03:38 AM