At least two persons were killed and one young boy was injured in two sectors of Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) on August 18, reports Dawn. The deaths occurred in Battal sector in Poonch District while the boy was wounded in Abbaspur sector of the same District which has been facing cross Line of Control (LoC) shelling for the past several days. “Today the shelling began at 6:30pm and continued for two hours without any pause. However, it is intermittent at the moment,” a Police official based in Battal said to Dawn under the condition of anonymity. He said one of the shells landed close to the venue of the wedding of one, Muhammad Aqeel, son of Muhammad Siddique Bhatti in Darra Sher Khan village. Splinters of a shell pierced the groom’s 60-year-old uncle, Hassan Din aka Balochi, who had come from Dadyal tehsil (revenue unit) of Mirpur District to attend the ceremony. Apart from him, 63-year-old Lal Din, son of Muhammad Din, a resident of Darra Sher Khan village, was also hit by the splinters. Both died on the spot, the official added.
In Abbaspur sector of Poonch District, Saddam Noor, a seven-year-old boy, was critically injured after an Indian sniper hit him in the head from across the nearby LoC.