Two soldiers fell in the line of duty in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Laleali in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, the Indian Army said.
The Army’s White Knight Corps said in an X post, “Suspected improvised explosive device blast reported in Laleali in Akhnoor Sector during a fence patrol resulting in two fatalities. Own troops are dominating the area, and search operations are underway. White Knight Corps salutes and pays tribute to the supreme sacrifice of two gallant soldiers.”
“Today, a mortar shell was discovered and defused afterward by a bomb disposal squad in the Akhnoor sector,” police officials said.
“The mortar shell was spotted by some locals in the Partap Canal near Namandar village around 10 am,” the officials added.
They said a police team rushed to the spot on getting the details and later called a bomb disposal squad, which safely defused the explosive material.
