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Heaviest Pakistani shelling in decades devastates hamlet in Jammu

Blood stained beds, torn off rooftops and windows punctured by bullets and splinters of mortar bombs are a mute testimony to the Pakistani shelling in the border hamlet where smell of cordite and gunpowder hangs in the air. (PTI)

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"Arnia town, which we considered a safe place, has also been hit by scores of mortars that killed one person Ram Lal," Kumar said. (PTI)

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"It is the worst attack. Five people have been killed and 26 others were injured in firing and shelling in Arnia belt," subdivisional police officer Devender Singh told PTI. (PTI)

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"What was our fault that they killed our family members?" she says. (PTI)

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A pall of gloom prevails in this village with people consoling those who have lost their near and dear ones in the firing. (PTI)

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The neighbours of Ram Paul, who was killed in the shelling by Pakistani rangers, are still in a state of shock.
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"We want to now shift to safer areas," he said. Sunil Kumar, who lost a relative, said, "Around midnight we woke up to the sound of shelling which rattled windows and doors." (PTI)

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