Seven killed along LoC

Published October 15, 2001

SRINAGAR, Oct 14: Indian police claimed on Sunday they had killed seven Pakistan nationals while they were trying to cross the Line of Control (LoC) into occupied Kashmir.

They said Indian guards killed the seven in an “encounter” in Poonch on Saturday night.

“All the slain intruders were Pakistani nationals,” a police official said about the overnight encounter. —Reuters