Man killed in Indian shelling

Published May 2, 2003

MUZAFFARABAD, May 1: A man was killed in a southern border village of Azad Kashmir in the small hours of Thursday in unprovoked Indian shelling from across the restive Line of Control, police said.

Nazakat Hussain, 22, son of Kala Khan died in Darra Sher Khan village, located in Hajira sector of district Poonch, after being hit by small arms fire by Indian troops, police officer Raja Ghulam Sarwar told Dawn.

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