A sexagenarian woman who was injured in firing and shelling along the Line of Control in Poonch district on 8 July succumbed to the injuries, unnamed officials told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), on Friday.
The officials further said that the woman, Hakam Bi, 60, wife Of Mohammad Sahrif of Lanjoite, succumbed to the wounds at Government Medical College, Jammu, where she was admitted for specialized treatment.
Police Post Incharge Balakote Shoket Amin Khan confirmed to GNS that woman died at JMC Jammu. With her death, two women have died in the incident which took place on 8 July.
Earlier, a woman identified as Rashim Bi (65) wife of Mohammad Azam of Sagra, at present Lanjoite Balakote, was killed. (GNS)