Muzaffarabad,<\/p>\n
At least 11 people, including four children, were injured in Azad Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Kotli district on Sunday. A mortar shell, fired by Indian forces from across the Line of Control (LoC), hit a house where a wedding function was underway injuring the inhabitants<\/p>\n
Indian forces had resorted to \u201cunprovoked\u201d shelling, which continued for over an hour, at around 10am in the Seri sector, Khuiratta subdivision Assistant Commissioner Syed Naseem Abbas said.<\/p>\n
Initial reports had suggested that one of the victims, a seven-year-old girl named Hoorain, had been martyred. It later emerged, however, that she was unconscious due to traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n
The child is in critical condition and will undergo surgery at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi tomorrow. Three other children, aged five, nine and 10 years, also among the injured.<\/p>\n
Another victim, 50-year-old Zoobena Ajaib, who suffered several fractures, was also being shifted to CMH, Rawalpindi owing to her serious condition.<\/p>\n
Other victims include Hoorain\u2019s mother Sajida Kausar, 35, Suman, 20, Muhammad Hanif, 60, Sarwar Jan, 55, Arooj Zaroob, 22 and 50-yearl-old Khurshid Begum.<\/p>\n
Due to a government-imposed lockdown, the wedding was being held at home, AC Abbas said. He further said that two victims had been discharged from a local health facility after treatment, while the remaining injured were taken to District Headquarters Hospital, Kotli.<\/p>\n
Medical Superintendent Dr Nasrullah Sadiq said that seven victims had been admitted at the DHQ Hospital and were out of danger.<\/p>\n
Earlier, rumours that Hoorain had passed away had circulated on social media and even AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider had said that she had been martyred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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