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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday expressed anguish over the loss of lives in Poonch’s Balakote sector during cross-border firing along the Line of Control(LoC).

“Anguished to hear of 5 people losing their lives in the crossfire along the LoC in the Balakote sector of Poonch. My deepest condolences to their family,” Mehbooba wrote on networking site Facebook.

Five members of a family were killed after the armies of both India and Pakistan exchanged gun firing and Pakistan shelling on Sunday morning in Balakote area of Jammu and Kashmir, the border state’s police chief SP Vaid said.

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