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Indian town mourns young twins killed in Pakistani shelling
- Twelve-Year-Old twins Zian Khan and Urwa Fatima were killed on Wednesday by a Pakistani artillery shell while their family was escaping from Poonch, a town in the Indian-administered region of Kashmir.
- The attack occurred amid the worst clashes in decades between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, with shelling intensified in Poonch causing civilian casualties and displacement.
- Their mother, Urusa Khan, survived with minor wounds, while their father, Rameez Khan, remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries and is unaware of his children's deaths.
- More than a dozen people have lost their lives and 49 others have been wounded since the escalation of shelling in Poonch, where displaced residents have expressed shock and reported that civilians and various community groups appear to be deliberately targeted.
- The twins' deaths have united local communities across religious lines, while Indian officials accuse Pakistan of deliberately targeting places of worship, a claim Pakistan denies, calling for an independent probe.
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‘Killed within minutes of each other’: Family of twins killed in Poonch speak to TNM-NL
In the early hours of May 7, Urusa and Rameez Khan lost their 14-year-old twins, Zain Ali and Urwa Fatima, to Pakistani shelling. The family lived in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Indian town mourns young twins killed in Pakistani shelling
The death of 12-year-old twins who were killed in a Pakistani strike as they fled the town of Poonch in India-held Kashmir has helped unite a community in shock.
Dharmendra Pradhan condemns killing of schoolchildren in Poonch, warns Pakistan of ‘heavy price’
New Delhi: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday expressed deep anguish over the death of two 12-year-old schoolchildren—Zoya and Zain—in Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. In a post on X, Pradhan said Pakistan would have to “pay a heavy price” for targeting civilians, including children, and called the incident a grave violation of human decency. “The news of two 12-year-old school children losing their lives in Po…
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