Two Army personnel were killed in an accidental blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Wednesday.
They said an accidental blast took place last evening in the Kamalkote Uri sector along the LoC, resulting in serious injuries to the two soldiers.
Both injured personnel were immediately evacuated from the site and shifted to the Army’s 92 Base Hospital at Badamibagh in Srinagar for treatment.
“However, both soldiers later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital,” officials said. The slain soldiers hailed from Maharashtra.
There was no official statement from defence spokesman on the incident till the filing of this report.
