Three soldiers killed after slipping into gorge in Kupwara

Srinagar, 11-Jan : Mortal remains of three army personnel including an officer killed on Wednesday in an avalanche in Machil sector in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district have been retrieved, In a statement issued to CNS, PRO (Defence), Srinagar said that, “Three soldiers, part of a regular operational task in Machhal Sector, Kupwara, slipped into a deep gorge and made supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.”