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Two soldiers killed in mine blast along Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir

Two Army personnel were killed and three others were injured  in an explosion on Saturday (October 30) near a forward post along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The blast took place in Kalal area of Nowshera sector during routine patrolling.

Officials sources said an officer and a soldier were killed in action after an army patrol stepped on a landmine near the LoC.

Those injured have been shifted to an army hospital where the condition of two is said to be critical.

“There have been two fatal casualties. Three others are injured,” a senior police officer said.

“During an area domination patrol in Naushera sector, a mine blast occurred, wherein, two Indian Army soldiers suffered critical injuries and later succumbed to their injuries. Another soldier who received injuries was evacuated and is under treatment,” a defence spokesperson in Jammu region said.

Lieutenant Rishi Kumar and Sepoy Manjit were brave and extremely committed to the profession of soldiering and have made the supreme sacrifice for the nation in the line of active duty. Lieutenant Rishi Kumar was a resident of Begusarai in Bihar. Sepoy Manjit Singh was a resident of Sirvewala, Bhatinda, Punjab. The nation and Indian Army shall forever remain indebted to the brave hearts for their supreme sacrifice,” the spokesperson said.

The Nowshera sector comes under the Rajouri district which is part of the Pirpanjal region in Jammu where an army operation has been going on for the last three weeks.

Nine soldiers including two officers have been killed without any success against terrorists believed to be hiding in the forests of Poonch.

This is the longest counter-terror operation in the region in the last 18 years.

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