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Avalanche hits army post in J&K, 3 soldiers dead Last Updated : 07 Apr 2017 10:16:32 AM IST File photo
Five Army soldiers were buried under an avalanche in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, all the five were rescued but three of them succumbed to injuries, officials said.
All the three jawans trapped in avalanche succumbed to injuries in Ladakh's Batalik sector.
The Indian Army's Udhampur headquartered Northern Command said: "Unprecedented snowfall triggered multiple avalanches, a post in Batalik sector buried."
"Army deployed specially trained and well equipped Avalanche Rescue Teams to rescue the soldiers," he said.This year, in January, at least 15 soldiers were killed after two avalanches hit a military post and a patrol along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Between 2014 and 2016, 58 soldiers died in natural calamities.
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