Highly alarming reports have emerged from the Kothiyan area of South Bagh, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. According to sources, at approximately 3:00 AM tonight, dozens of vehicles belonging to Pakistani forces launched a sudden assault on a peaceful public sit-in at Kothiyan, forcibly dispersing the participants.
Sources revealed that the forces advanced via a route that had been blocked by local residents using barricades. The path was first cleared with the assistance of local collaborators; subsequently, a large contingent of security forces was brought to the site, bringing the location of the sit-in entirely under their control.
According to the latest updates, having seized the sit-in site, the forces have entered all the homes in the Dulariyan area of South Bagh Kothiyan, where women and children are being subjected to persistent intimidation and threats. In light of this volatile situation, local community representatives have urged residents from the surrounding areas to immediately come out of their homes and stand in solidarity with the affected families against this state-sponsored oppression.
It should be noted that previously, in the Pandi area of South Bagh, five members of a single family—including two children and two women—were martyred in a bomb attack on their home. Fragments of Russian-made bombs were discovered at the site of the destroyed house. Consequently, the local population asserts that the forces, having already tasted blood by annihilating an entire family, are now targeting further unarmed civilians. This movement, which began across Azad Kashmir with demands for affordable flour and electricity, has now evolved into an organized, nationalist popular wave against state-led arrests, killings, and blockades. Despite severe media censorship and communication restrictions, the public’s resolve remains steadfast; indeed, the movement intensifies further with every act of violence perpetrated by the security forces.
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