Sukhwinder Kaur, who was injured after a Pakistani drone crashed into her home in Punjab’s Ferozepur district on Friday, died on Monday night, a family member told Scroll.
Two other members of Kaur’s family were injured.
On Saturday, Scroll from Khai Pheme Ki village that Kaur was taken to the Anil Baghi Hospital in Ferozepur. Saurabh Bhagi, the hospital’s chief executive officer, had said that Kaur had suffered 80% burn injuries.
She was referred to the Dayanand Medical College in Ludhiana on Saturday, where she succumbed to her injuries on Monday.
The Pakistani drone attacks on Friday night, in which Kaur’s home was struck, were targeted at the army cantonment in Ferozepur town and went on till five in the morning, two security officials told Scroll.
While most of the drones were intercepted, the officials were unsure how one landed in Khai Pheme Ki.
Kaur is the first civilian casualty of drone strikes outside Jammu and Kashmir, where in Pakistani firings.
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