July 26, 2021
MUZAFFARABAD: Two persons were killed and several others injured in clashes between political activists during the polling process on Sunday. Four different incidents of clashes took place between workers of political parties in Kotli, Haveeli, Bagh and Hattian Balla districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) during polling, police said.
An exchange of fire occurred between People s Party and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers at Methi Dhara Prai polling station of LA 10 Kotli-III (Chiroi), leaving two PTI workers dead, SP Kotli Raja Akmal said.
In a quick response to the incident, the Pakistan army reached the polling station and restored peace and resumed polling after an hourâs break, the election commission said. In another incident in LA 17 (Haveeli), one person sustained bullet injury during a clash between the PPP and PTI workers, local police said, adding that later on polling was resumed.
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