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Living in the shadow of death: People flee border hamlet due to Pak firing

Pakistani troops have been targeting border outposts and hamlets closed to the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, triggering panic among residents

Pakistan ceasefire, Jammu & Kashmir
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A damaged house after alleged shelling from the Pakistani side of the border at Jora Farm village, near Jammu, on Tuesday.

Agencies Jammu
At least five people in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district were injured in Pakistani shelling on Tuesday evening, taking to 13 the number of injured in the ceasefire violations in the day, an official said. Pakistan today rained down mortars on the "hamlet of Gujjar milkmen", located around 400 metres from the border.

According to the official, the five were residents of Kesoo village in Ramgarh sector of Samba. At least eight civilians sustained injuries in shelling in R S Pura and Arnia sectors of Jammu and Samba districts respectively earlier on Tuesday, police said.

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