2 Army porters injured as Pak lobs mortars at forward posts along LoC

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Jammu, January 10: Two Army porters were injured when the Pakistan Army lobbed mortars at forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, officials said.

Four porters were working along the LoC when the Pakistan Army fired mortar shells.

“On Friday, at about 11 am, the Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked shelling with mortars along the LoC in Gulpur sector in district Poonch,” a defence spokesman said.

The two injured were hospitalised and efforts were on to trace two other porters, officials said. PTI