News Topic:Civilian Killings

Civilian injured in Kupwara cross border shelling succumbs

KUPWARA — A 40-year-old civilian who was injured in a cross border shelling along the line of control (LOC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district succumbed...

Three members of a family killed in Pak shelling in Poonch: Officials

Three members of a family were killed in alleged ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu on Friday evening.

Injured in LoC firing, woman dies in Poonch

A sexagenarian woman who was injured in an alleged firing and shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Poonch district on July 08 last, succumbed to the injuries, officials said on Friday.

Sexagenarian woman killed in Cross LoC shelling in Balakot

India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of killing one woman and injuring another, by resorting to unprovoked shelling in Balakot sector of Poonch district, in which one elderly woman was killed and another injured.

Civilian Killing: Police must probe whose bullet killed my father, slain’s daughter

Family members of the civilian man who was killed during a militant attack on a CRPF party in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district yesterday, asked police to come out with substantial evidence as to whose bullet killed their father.

People responsible for killings in Sopore should be held to account: UN chief

Those who were responsible for the killing of a civilian and a CRPF head constable in Kashmir have to be made to account for it, according to the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Sopore: Militants fired indiscriminately, we didn’t retaliate, IGP says

Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range), Vijay Kumar today said that Lashkar-e-Taiba militants who were hiding in a mosque carried out the attack at a CRPF naka party at model town Sopore that led to the death of a CRPF man and a civilian while a minor boy was rescued.

Family accuses troopers of killing civilian, CRPF denies

The Srinagar family of slain civilian, who was killed after militants attacked CRPF in Sopore on Wednesday, accused Paramilitary troopers of killing the elderly man.

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Kashmir sees light rain, Gulmarg snowfall; MeT forecasts fresh wet spell

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