Civilian killed, 2 injured in Poonch blast

By News Agency of Kashmir

Jammu: A civilian was killed and two others were wounded in a land mine explosion in a field in border district of Poonch, this afternoon.


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Official sources said that an explosive device, suspected to be a land mine, went off in a field at Drogian, Buffliaz under the jurisdiction of police station Surnkote in Border district Poonch when a farmer, Muneer Hussain, accidentally stepped on it.

The farmer along with two other persons was working in the field when the incident took place, sources said.

Official sources told News Agency of Kashmir that Muneer was killed and two others were wounded in the explosion. The injured have been shifted to district Hospital Poonch.

The injured were identified as Shamsher Ahmed and Gulzar Ahmed.

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