Indian shelling continues

Published July 7, 2015
Indian troops began unprovoked shelling on houses near the Sialkot Working Boundary on Sunday. ─ Reuters/File
Indian troops began unprovoked shelling on houses near the Sialkot Working Boundary on Sunday. ─ Reuters/File

SIALKOT: The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shelled Pakistani border villages in Merajkey, Harpal and Charwah sectors of the Working Boundary near Sialkot on Sunday night and early Monday.

According to senior officials of Punjab Rangers, the Indians shelled the three sectors almost the whole night and targeted civilian population.

No casualty was reported.

Read more: Houses damaged by Indian shelling

Published in Dawn, July 7th, 2015

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