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Indian soldier killed, six injured in artillery shelling in J&K

IRNA

New Delhi, Sept 23, IRNA -- Pakistani troops pounded Rajouri-Poonch 
border belt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir with 
artillery and mortar shells killing a Indian Army soldier and injuring
six persons in fresh border skirmishes since Monday night, official 
sources said Tuesday. 
According to the local media reports, armed with field guns, 
Pakistan troops atop Bhimber hills fired artillery shells and mortar 
bombs on civilian areas and forward defense locations (FOL) in 
Rajouri-Poonch sector from 11:30 p.m. (local time). 
In the shelling, one soldier was killed and three Indian Armymen 
wounded, one of them critically in Nowshera area Tuesday morning. 
Three civilians were injured when two mortar shells exploded with 
a bang near LoC Monday night. The sources said and added one of them 
is critical. 
All the injured have been hospitalized, the sources said, adding 
Indian troops have also replied to Pakistan shelling Tuesday morning 
and heavy exchanges were on when last reports came in from the areas. 
The loss on the other side was not known immediately, the sources 
said. 
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