2 soldiers killed in unprovoked Pak firing

Two soldiers were killed on Sunday in cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district. Two soldiers and three civilians were also injured in the attack. "One soldier was killed in Krishna Ghati sector earlier in the day while foiling infiltration bids, another soldier was killed and two others were injured in cross-border firing in the Poonch sector of Poonch district," a senior army officer said. The Pakistani army had opened fire in a bid to facilitate two infiltration bids along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati and Poonch sectors of Poonch district, the army had said. The infiltration bids were foiled and the army has also inflicted heavy damage to several Pakistani posts across the Line of Control in Poonch sector, the army had added. Three civilians - two of them women - have also been injured in the shelling.