4 landmines explode near LoC in Poonch
Jammu, Oct. 10 -- Four landmines and a mortar shell exploded near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district without causing any harm to human lives, said officials on Thursday.
"Around 3.40 pm on Thursday, a mortar shell exploded in a field of Kabir Hussain in Sagra village in Tehsil Mankote," said a police officer. The man was using a JCB to excavate his land when the mortar shell exploded, said the officer.
Hussain, however, escaped unhurt. The mortar shell apparently remained unexploded during cross-border shelling, the officials said.
On Wednesday, around 12.15 pm four land mine blasts were reported at Forward Balakote post along the LoC by a bomb disposal squad of the Army's 120 Brigade.
The landmines were activated by a bomb disposal squad after they were found dislocated from the anti-infiltration obstacle system due to recent heavy rain, officials said....
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