Srinagar /June, 18 : Army on Tuesday said that two soldiers injured in an IED blast in Arihal village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district Monday this week succumbed on Tuesday at the army hospital in Srinagar.
“Two soldiers, brought to the hospital with severe contusions / concussions, have succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment in 92 Base Hospital,” said an army spokesman.
Nine soldiers were reported injured after militants triggered an IED in Arihal Monday evening this week. Police had said that only six soldiers and two civilians were injured in the blast.