Indian soldier injured in landmine blast in IIOJK

SRINAGAR – August 21 (ONLINE) A soldier of the occupying Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) was injured in a landmine explosion in Rajouri district.

According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the landmine went off when a group of Indian troops was patrolling the Nowshera area near the Line of Control (LoC), the Indian army officials said.

They said the injured army man was immediately evacuated to hospital. The LoC areas are dotted with landmines by Indian troops which sometimes get washed away by rains resulting in such types of accidents, the Indian officials said.

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