Five soldiers killed in attack by Pak troops

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Lok Sabha adjourned till noon after uproar over killing of five jawans at Pakistan border, Telangana and other issues. The two Houses witnessed frequent adjournments over the issue, before they were finally adjourned for the day

Five Indian soldiers have been killed in an attack by Pak troops on Indian post along the Line of Control in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir late last night. Those killed include One JCO and four soldiers.Pakistani troops attacked an Indian post along the Line of Control in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir late Monday night, killing five Indian soldiers.

Defence sources on Tuesday said the Pakistani soldiers intruded into the Indian Territory past midnight and ambushed the Sarla post on the Indian side of the LoC. Five Indian soldiers were killed, the sources said.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, “(I) was briefed early this morning about the news that five of our soldiers had been killed on the LoC. My heartfelt condolences to their next of kin.

“These incidents don’t help efforts to normalise or even improve relations with Pak and call in to question the Pak Govt’s recent overtures,” he said.

Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh is taking stock of the situation, Army sources said in Delhi.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are slated to meet in New York next month on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.