Bomb blast kills 4 Pakistani soldiers
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Jan 6, IRNA -- A bomb blast killed four Pakistani soldiers in the country’s administered Kashmir on Wednesday, police in the region said.
The bomb detonated near an army barrack at Tararkhal, some 25 kilometers from Rawalakot, a main city in Kashmir.
Nature of the attack was not clear and sources say that it might be a time device or unknown persons threw a grenade.
The attack at 6:30 a.m., injured 10 more soldiers who were admitted in the military hospital in the region, officials said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistani Kashmir has seen series of attacks in recent weeks and it is the second blast in the region in two weeks.
At least ten persons, including policemen were killed and over 80 others injured in a suicide attack on a religious procession in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Kashmir on December 27.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 882163
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