Six Injured in Fresh Border Shelling in Jammu: Police

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Jammu: Six civilians were injured on Monday as India and Pakistan continued to exchange gunfire and shells along the International border in Jammu and Kashmir.
 "Pakistan Rangers used 81 mm and 82 mm mortars to target over two dozen villages and nearly 30 border outposts of the BSF (Border Security Force) during the night," a senior police officer said in Jammu.
 "The shelling and firing continued well past midnight. Six villagers belonging to four families were injured due to Pakistan shelling in Bobiya village of Kathua district. They were immediately shifted to hospital by police in bullet proof vehicles," the officer said.
The officer also said that BSF has been appropriately and effectively retaliating Pakistani shelling and firing.

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