ISLAMABAD: A 22-year old girl was killed and her sister was wounded in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Saturday due to unprovoked Indian firing across the Line of Control (LoC). The casualties took place in the Nakyal sector of southern Kotli. Tosheeba Iqbal, daughter of Raja Iqbal, died on the spot, while her 18-year old sister, Aneeqa Iqbal, was critically injured after being hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell in Balakot village at about 7:35pm. “Both sisters were believed to be in the courtyard of their house when the shell landed on their neighbour’s house,” local officials said. Earlier in the day, a 16-year old boy, Muhammad Liaquat, received a bullet wound in his right leg shortly before noon in Oli Panjni village after Indian troops resorted to small arms fire without any provocation, he said.
Published in Daily Times, September 24th 2017.
