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Four more martyred in Indian firing

By our correspondents
January 21, 2018

SIALKOT: Four more civilians, including a woman and her minor son, were martyred and more than one dozen injured on Saturday when BSF resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling at different sectors in Sialkot along the Working Boundary.

The BSF targeted Bajwat, Chaprar, Charwah, Harpal and other sectors from late Thursday night to entire Saturday, with short intervals. Najaf Batool, 24, and her minor son Husnain Kazim, 3 of Paindoli village, M Sarwar, 45 in Bajwat village and Waheed Masih, 18, embraced martyrdom. The Chenab Rangers also retaliated the Indian firing in a befitting manner.

Agencies add: Foreign Office summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the third time on Saturday to condemn unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian forces.