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Wed 28 August 2019:
Indian Army troops have resorted to unprovoked firing in the Nekrun Sector along the Line of Control (LoC), intentionally targeting the civilian population, a Pakistani Military spokesperson stated. The firing reportedly took place in Athmuqam, the district headquarters of Neelum Valley, located some 84 kilometres northeast of Muzaffarabad. The local media reported that three houses had been burned down and three mosques partially damaged in the attack in the Nekrun Sector along the LoC.
According to the Pakistani military, Abdul Jalil, 45, and 3-year-old girl Nausheen died in the attack. Three more people were reportedly injured while three houses were burnt. The military reported that all the injured people have been taken to hospital.
However, the Indian Army claimed that Pakistan had started the firing.
Tensions between the two countries increased earlier in August when the Indian government announced its decision to strip the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and split it into two union territories, prompting an outraged reaction from Islamabad with whom India has had strained relations over the Kashmir region for decades.
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