KL News Network
Srinagar
Army on Tuesday said that three Indian army soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops along LoC in Machil sector of Kashmir’s Kupwara district, reports said.
As per reports the body of one of the soldiers was found tortured and mutilated.
The Northern Command vowed “heavy retribution for the cowardly act”.
“3 soldiers killed in action on LoC in Machhal. Body of one soldier mutilated, retribution will be heavy for this cowardly act,” the Northern Command said in a tweet.
Border skirmishes intensified after suspected militants attacked a military base in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri, killing 19 Indian soldiers on September 18.
India claimed to have carried out a “surgical strike” after the attack across the Line of Control. Pakistan has denied the claim.
India shares 230 km of International Border and 740 km of LoC with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
The boundary, manned by the paramilitary BSF runs through Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts, and the LoC, which is not an internationally-accepted frontier, cuts across other regions of the state.
