Jan 14, 2025 02:43 PM IST
The troops were on patrol duty when one of the soldiers accidentally stepped over the landmine near Khamba Fort in Nowshera sector.
At least six army personnel sustained injuries on Tuesday following a landmine explosion in a forward village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
The incident took place at 10.45 am near Khamba Fort in the Nowshera sector when troops on patrol duty accidentally triggered a landmine as one of the soldiers stepped on it, officials said.
They said the injured were immediately shifted to hospital and their condition was stated to be stable.
As part of an anti-infiltration obstacle system, the forward areas near the Line of Control are dotted with landmines which sometimes get washed away by rains resulting in such types of accidents, the officials said.
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