Jammu: On Monday, a 6-year old girl was killed and 15 other persons, including nine civilians and six security personnel, were injured in Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. This is the fourth consecutive day that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire. According to the police, the girl was killed and nine civilians were injured in the shelling in Shahpur, Kerni, Mankote, Mendhar and Krishna Ghati sectors. "The girl died after being hit by a splinter fired by the Pakistan Army," a police officer said.

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Nine civilians and six security personnel, including two soldiers and four Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, suffered injuries in indiscriminate shelling and firing by Pakistan, police said, adding that all the injured have been shifted to hospital. On Sunday, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri.

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