“Initial analysis indicates that caliber 105/106 mm remote-controlled launcher was used by Pakistan troops to target the shelter.” No casualty was caused in this incident.
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The explosion inside an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday was caused by Pakistani shelling, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.
“Today (Tuesday), approximately at 10.30 a.m., in a ceasefire violation, Pakistan troops fired a rocket-propelled grenade and also resorted small arms firing. One round landed on a barrel-type store shelter in Poonch, causing fire,” Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said.
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“Initial analysis indicates that caliber 105/106 mm remote-controlled launcher was used by Pakistan troops to target the shelter.” No casualty was caused in this incident.
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“In Krishna Ghati (KG) sector also, at 5.35 p.m., one round of 82mm shell landed at Jhalas area. One muffled blast occurred at 6 p.m. This was misconstrued as a blast in the KG garrison.”
No casualty occurred in this explosion, he said.
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