The operation reportedly involved Pakistani Rangers and Frontier Corps personnel, assisted by local police, with claims of military drone strikes on civilian residential areas.
\n\nAt least seven people were reportedly killed and 23 injured after Pakistani security forces launched a major crackdown on protesters in Rawalakot in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Thursday morning, with reports also alleging the use of military drones against civilian residential areas.
\n\nThe operation began at around 8 am, with Pakistani Rangers and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, assisted by PoJK police, moving against key protest sites following Fajr prayers. Security personnel reportedly opened heavy fire on demonstrators participating in the ongoing civil uprising.
\n\nAccording to open-source accounts, the seven fatalities and 23 injuries were recorded during the first two hours of the operation, between 8 am and 10 am. The reported deaths have taken the toll in PoJK to 153 since June 7.
\n\nThe crackdown has also triggered allegations of drone strikes in residential neighbourhoods. Reports claim that military drones struck civilian areas, including an attack that allegedly destroyed the house of a local resident, Waseem Shakeel. JAAC leader Sardar Umar Nazir subsequently displayed what he described as recovered bomb fragments in Rawalakot, alleging…
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