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Army captain among 2 soldiers killed in IED blast in Jammu

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Jammu, Feb 11: Two Army personnel, including a captain, were killed and another was injured when suspected terrorists set off an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector near here on Tuesday, officials said.
This was the third incident of cross-border action by terrorists in the Jammu region in four days. It came a day after the general officer commanding of the Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps unit, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, reviewed “hostile activities” along the LoC in Rajouri district.
The Army confirmed the fatalities in the blast and said “own troops are dominating the area and search operations are underway”. The officials said the troops were on patrolling duty when they were hit by the powerful explosion near a forward post in the Bhattal area of Akhnoor in Jammu district at around 3:50 pm. The injured personnel were rushed to a hospital where two of them, including the captain, succumbed to their injuries, they said, adding that the other injured soldier is “out of danger”. (PTI)

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