Two die in shelling

Published April 22, 2003

MUZAFFARABAD, April 21: Two young brothers were killed in the southern Poonch district of Azad Kashmir in unprovoked shelling by the Indian troops from across the Line of Control, police said Monday.

Azhar, 14, and Nazir, 12, sons of Ilam Deen, died in Darra Sher Khan village of Hajira sector late on Sunday night after a mortar shell hit their house, police said.

The shelling continued beyond midnight, but no more casualties were reported, police said.

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