Jammu, May 17 -- Security forces detected and defused a mortar shell in a village on the outskirts ofJammu, officials said on Friday.

They said the mortar shell was fired fromPakistanduring the recent military standoff.

Locals found the heavy shell near the fields in a village in the Bishnah area and informed police, the officials said. A bomb disposal squad was called to the spot and defused the shell, they said.

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