A young tractor driver lost his life in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday after an Indian soldier hit him from across the restive Line of Control (LoC) in what officials termed as yet another incident of \u201ctargeted killing\u201d.<\/p>\n
Muhammad Ali was ploughing a field in Nali village, when a single bullet struck him in the neck, according to Ansar Mahmood, a police official based in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 20-year-old fell from the tractor and died on the spot,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The deceased, an orphan who eked out a living by driving someone\u2019s tractor, was laid to rest in his native Seri village in Samahni tehsil of Bhimber district in the evening.<\/p>\n
People residing in the closest vicinity of the LoC while doing different chores often end up becoming victims to targeted firing by trigger-happy Indian troops.<\/p>\n
AJK\u2019s senior minister, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq said, \u201cThis kind of target killing is very common in this area and Indian troops placed here often do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is the recent victim of the cowardly Indian practice of purposely targeting defenceless and innocent civilians in AJK with advanced weapons,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider also took to Twitter to condemn the latest incident of firing along the LoC.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026Skirmishes and artillery duels between rival troops are not something uncustomary in a conflict zone but hitting non-combatant civilians in such a fashion is typical of the coward Indian army. Shame on them,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
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