Mine blast along LoC in Poonch, two soldiers injured

Poonch: Two soldiers were injured in a mine blast at a forward area along Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sector of Poonch district on Wednesday afternoon.

Quoting official sources, Global News Service reported that at around 12:30 PM, two soldiers — Sepoy Inayat Hussain (59 BSF attached with Army’s 14 Punjab batallion) and Sepoy Sahil Kumar of Army’s 14 Punjab battalion — were injured in a mine blast in Manjakote area of Balakote sector.

They said the injured BSF personnel has been shifted to Government Hospital Rajouri while the injured army soldier was shifted to Udhampur. GNS