Watch: BSF destroys Pak firing posts, fuel dump in retaliatory fire on International Border

The Border Security Force (BSF) today said it has destroyed Pakistan's several firing posts, fuel and ammunition dump in a massive retaliation to the repeated ceasefire violations on the international border (IB). BSF also released video footage showing pinpoint targeting of Pakistani forces across the IB. 

"BSF is giving suitable and pin pointed retaliation to unprovoked fire by Pak forces across IB  in Jammu," a BSF spokesperson said in a statement. 

"At several locations, the enemy's firing positions, ammunition and fuel dump have been destroyed by precision firing of the border guarding force personnel," the spokesperson added.

Video: BSF giving suitable and pin pointed retaliation to unprovoked fire by Pak forces across IB in Jammu. #CeasefireViolation pic.twitter.com/YSe21aUEYW

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The BSF spokesman said cross-border firing stopped at  5.45 on Monday. "It had covered whole area of Pargwal, Mad, RS Pura, Arnia and Ramgarh. However, there was no fire in Samba-Kathua area. There is no injury to any BSF soldier. There has been occasional small burst coming from few of Pakistan Posts”, he said. 

12 people, including five security personnel, have been killed and over 60 others injured in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir since Thursday.

The dead include 7 civilians, 3 Armymen and 2 BSF personnel. While a BSF jawan and a teenaged girl were killed on Thursday, four persons two civilians and one BSF jawan and an Army jawan were killed and over 40 others, including two BSF personnel, injured in the Pakistani firing on Friday.

BSF giving suitable and pin pointed retaliation to unprovoked fire by Pak forces across IB in Jammu. pic.twitter.com/SoOADpSPyf

— A. Fuwad (@fuwad_shaikh) 22 January 2018

Three civilians and an Army jawan were killed and 16 others injured in the ceasefire violations on Saturday. Another civilian was killed in firing from across the border on Sunday. An Army jawan, injured in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan on Saturday night, also succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. 

More than 50 people have suffered injuries and thousands of people have fled their homes.

People have been asked to stay indoors and not to touch any suspicious object in their area as it could an unexploded mortar shell. Schools and educational institutions in the  five kilometer  range of International Border and LoC have been shut as a precautionary measure. 

Firing from across the border started on Thursday and has forced thousands of people to flee their homes and take shelter in rehabilitation camps or with their relatives. 

The Jammu and Kashmir government has set-up six relief camps to provide shelter to border dwellers. 

Five districts along the border - Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Poonch and Rajouri - have been affected by the unabated firing.

(With PTI inputs)