"Our community has suffered intense damage," say residents of Poonch border villages, 13 civilians killed in Pak shelling
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 8 (ANI): Thirteen civilians have lost their lives in Poonch while 44 of them have sustained injuries due to ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC).
The civilian establishments in one of the villages along the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir have suffered serious damage in ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
The wailing of local women, who have lost their loved ones, has pushed the district into distress.
A civilian in the village speaks about the damages suffered by the local community, pointing to a house with a young woman and three children. He appealed to the government that bunkers must be provided since there was consistent shelling from the Pakistani side.
'Our Sikh community has suffered immense damage here. This lady has young children, and she has lost too much. I want to appeal to the government that a ceasefire must occur soon and there should be peace,' he said.
'We were not given bunkers even when our area falls alongside the border and there's a lot of shelling here. I want to appeal that bunkers should be provided,' the civilian added.
Mohammad Naseem, the block youth president of the National Conference (NC), demanded that those who have suffered damages be given relief.
He told ANI, 'We have suffered damages. One of our sisters has died here. We want peace. We need bunkers here. Those who have suffered should be given relief. There shouldn't be war, but peace.'
Mohammad Nawaz Mughal suffered damage to his property in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan. He has demanded that the government assist them.
'The action taken by PM Modi (against Pakistan) is excellent. However, we request the government to help us, as my son's house is damaged,' Mughal told ANI.
The intense shelling by the Pakistani army along the LoC came in retaliation for the May 7 'Operation Sindoor' in which India's armed forces targeted a total of nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). (ANI)
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