Indian Army soldier killed in Pakistani shelling after Operation Sindoor

The Indian Army said that a soldier was killed on Wednesday in shelling by the Pakistani military along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following Operation Sindoor.

The civilian toll in the firing and shelling by the Pakistan Army on villages in four districts close to the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir increased to 12, The Hindu reported. This included three women and three children.

Fifty-one civilians were injured.

The shelling came after the Indian military earlier on Wednesday carried out strikes on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. Nine sites were targeted.

Following this, the Pakistan Army intensified shelling and firing in Rajouri and Poonch districts in the Jammu division, and Kupwara and Baramulla districts in the Kashmir valley, according to The Hindu.

The soldier who died was identified by the Indian Army as Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar of 5 Field Regiment.

“We also stand in solidarity with all victims of the targeted attacks on innocent civilians in Poonch sector,” the army said on Wednesday night.

#GOC and all ranks of #WhiteKnightCorps salute the supreme sacrifice of L/Nk Dinesh Kumar of 5 Fd Regt, who laid down his life on 07 May 25 during Pakistan Army shelling.
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