Srinagar Feb 2 (IANS) Three soldiers were killed on Friday when an avalanche hit their post near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir s Kupwara district.
Defence Ministry sources said the incident took place in Machil sector around 11.20 a.m. when four soldiers of a patrol came under the snow.
Rescue operations were launched immediately and all four extricated and taken to the next nearest post on foot but three of them - Havaldar Kamlesh Singh 39 Naik Balveer 33 and Sepoy Rajinder 25 - succumbed to their injuries. All three hailed from Rajasthan.
The LoC divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
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