Army soldier killed near LoC in Machil sector

SRINAGAR — An Army soldier was killed in cross-border firing in Machil sector of frontier Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Saturday.

Official sources said that Pakistani forces attacked the Indian Army posts in Machil sector today morning.

A police officer while confirming it said that the Pakistani Army opened unprovoked fire upon the Indian Army posts in Machil. In the incident, a soldier suffered critical injuries along the Line of Control (LoC), he said.

The soldier was taken to Army’s nearby health facility where he succumbed later, the officer said. He identified the slain soldier as Lance Naik Rajender Singh of 57 RR.

The officer said that the soldiers manning the fence also responded strongly.