A security personnel was killed and another two suffered injuries in a landmine blast near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Thursday, official sources said.
IMAGE: Security personnel during a search operation in Poonch, December 23, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo
The troops were patrolling the forward area in Nowshera sector when the explosion occurred, the sources said.
The three security personnel were admitted to a hospital, they said, adding one of them succumbed to injuries.
In another landmine blast, a goat was injured in Poonch district's Mendhar sector, they said.