Three Indian army soldiers including an officer were killed in a landmine explosion in held Kashmir, only days after India started withdrawing some of its troops from the region, police said Saturday.
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The explosion that also injured four other soldiers took place in the Bahramgali area of southern Poonch district late Friday evening, a police spokesman said. He said militants triggered a landmine when an army vehicle was passing through a militant-infested area in Poonch, bordering Azad Kashmir. "Three of the soldiers died on the spot," he said, adding two of the injured were in a critical condition. "The reinforcements swiftly sealed off the area and launched a search out operation for the militants," he said. Meanwhile, the Indian army Saturday seized 300 kilograms of deadly RDX explosives from a shop in southern Anantnag town, police said. "The explosives were recovered from a shop," the spokesman said, adding that the shopkeeper had been arrested. |