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Indian shelling claims 2 lives

From a correspondent

MUZAFFARABAD: Continued Indian shelling in Neelum Valley on Tuesday claimed lives of two more civilians including a six-year-old girl and injuries to two, officials said.

They said, Indian army shelled various villages of Jura sector on Tuesday with mortars killing a 65-year-old-man identified as Samundar Khan son of Hidayatullah Khan in Barian village, a six-year-old-girl Nusrat Bibi, who had seriously injured succumbed to injuries in hospital.

A man identified as Mansha son of Mohammed Akram was wounded by Indian shelling.

Indian army also shelled civilian population in Leepa Valley, where a villager identified as Ghulam Mohammed son of Fatha Mohammed, 50, was seriously wounded.

They added that two houses were also damaged in the shelling.