OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: At least nine Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) were killed in avalanches overnight with several others missing, officials said Thursday.
Two avalanches swept through army camps in Dawar and Sonamarg, both near the heavily-militarised Line of Control.
A defence spokesman who declined to be named said that six soldiers were killed at Dawar and 15 others were dug out of the snow, while three soldiers died at Sonamarg, a popular destination for Indian tourists in the summer.
"Efforts are underway to rescue the trapped soldiers whose exact number is being ascertained," said Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar, the military spokesman in the IoK summer capital occupied Srinagar.
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