Srinagar, May 14 -- J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that a deliberate attempt was made from across the Line of Control (LoC) to inflict maximum civilian harm in recent cross-border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir.
As many as 21 civilians, including five children, lost their lives in Jammu and Kashmir in four days of the cross-border shelling beginning May 7. Fifteen persons died in Poonch district, which witnessed heavy artillery firing from the Pakistan Army.
Omar, who visited shelling-affected areas of Uri in Baramulla district on Wednesday, said Pakistan fired indiscriminately in civilian areas.
"During the two to three days, they fired indiscriminately in civilian areas, and it felt as if they were deliberately tryi...