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3 soldiers killed in Machil avalanche

3 soldiers killed in Machil avalanche
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Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, February 2

Three soldiers were killed and another injured when an avalanche hit an Army post in Machil sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday afternoon. Sources said the avalanche struck the post of 21 Rajput in the Sonapindi Gali area along the Line of Control (LoC). The authorities had issued a medium avalanche warning earlier this week.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)“Four soldiers went missing after the avalanche, triggering a rescue operation in the area by a quick reaction team. The rescuers retrieved the soldiers, who were still breathing. However, one of them died immediately and two others succumbed to their injuries on way to a medical facility,” a defence source said. The deceased, all from Rajasthan, are Havildar Kamlesh Singh (Jhunjhunu), Naik Balveer (Bharatpur) and Sepoy Rajinder (Alwar).This is the second major avalanche-linked tragedy the Army has suffered in north Kashmir in two months. On December 12, five soldiers were killed when two avalanches hit the LoC in Bandipora and Kupwara. In the first week of January, 11 persons, including a BRO officer, died in two avalanches in Tangdhar area of Kupwara.

Two Pak-trained LeT militants arrested

Srinagar, February 3

Security forces have arrested two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, who had gone to Pakistan on valid visas to obtain arms training, the police said.They have been identified as Abdul Majeed Bhat of Mughalpora, Saloora Kreeri and Mohammad Ashraf Mir of Nilla Palpora, Pattan.“The militants were nabbed immediately after returning via the Wagah-Attari border before they could formally join the militant ranks here in Kashmir,” a police spokesperson said.On questioning, the duo revealed that “they were trained along with large number of Pakistani boys, most of them from Balochistan and as young as 10 years old”.“The said terrorist training camps are located near Burma Town, Islamabad, and being run by a terrorist commander operating under code names Hanzala, Adanan and Omar. The arrested militants have been given Pakistani visas by the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi,” he said.The spokesperson said for the past couple of years, the police had unearthed several such modules where in youths had gone to Pakistan on valid passports for arms training. “In the past, several such boys have been arrested and some of them killed in encounters,” he claimed. — TNS3 injured in Tral grenade attackAnantnag: A CRPF man and two civilians were injured after militants hurled a grenade at a paramilitary patrol party at Tral in Pulwama district on Saturday. The explosion took place around noon in the Batgund area of Tral town. Police sources said the grenade was aimed at a CRPF patrol party. “It fortunately exploded some distance away. Three persons received minor injuries in the explosion,” a senior police officer said. He said the injured were rushed to a hospital. Following the attack, the area was cordoned off and a search operation was carried out. However, it triggered clashes. oc

2 CRPF personnel among 4 injured in grenade attack in Pulwama

 

2 CRPF personnel among 4 injured in grenade attack in Pulwama
Militants lobbed a grenade at a CRPF party in Batagund area of Tral, a police official said. Tribune file

Srinagar, February 3

Four people, including two CRPF personnel, were injured in a grenade attack in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Saturday, police said.Militants lobbed a grenade at a CRPF party in Batagund area of Tral, a police official said.

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Four people, including two CRPF jawans, were injured in the incident, he said.The area had been cordoned off and a search operation was under way, the official said. PTI