Information About Incident 64694-130790-331641 in Punch India

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Violating ceasefire, the Pakistani troops attacked an Indian post along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch Sector of Poonch District late in the night of August 5, killing five Indian soldiers, reports The Times of India.

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Violating ceasefire, the Pakistani troops attacked an Indian post along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch Sector of Poonch District late in the night of August 5, killing five Indian soldiers, reports The Times of India. Defence sources said the Pakistani soldiers intruded into the Indian Territory past midnight and ambushed the Sarla post on the Indian side of the LoC. Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah tweeted on August 6 (today), (I) was briefed early this morning about the news that five of our soldiers had been killed on the LoC. My heartfelt condolences to their next of kin. These incidents don't help efforts to normalise or even improve relations with Pak and call in to question the Pak Govt's recent overtures.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
64694-130790-331641 8/6/2013 India Five soldiers killed as Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir

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