Army officer, trooper killed in mysterious blast along LoC in J-K

Two troopers, one of them Lieutenant ranked, succumbed to critical injuries in a mysterious explosion along Line of Control in Rajouri district on Saturday afternoon, official sources said.

They told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that during a routine patrolling near forward location in Lam sector of Noweshra in Rajouri district a mysterious explosion took place which left two troopers including the Lieutenant, grievously injured. Both the injured were evacuated to hospital in a critical condition, they further said.

However, both of them succumbed to the injuries. (GNS)