Six killed in Udhampur blast

JAMMU, SEPT. 23. Six people were killed and five others injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion triggered by militants at a shop in a village in Udhampur district of Jammu division today, a BSF spokesman said.

The blast was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device. As the BSF troops cordoned off the area to nab the militants, another blast occurred nearby. No loss of life or damage was reported.

5 intruders killed

Five intruders were killed as Army scuttled a major attempt by Pakistan to push a group of armed militants into the Kashmir Valley in Kupwara district, defence sources said today.

They said troops noticed militants trying to sneak into the Valley from across the border through Kamal Hump post in Tangdhar-Karnah sector of Kupwara on Thursday.

Meanwhile, in a `most barbaric act', militants attempted to gorge out the eyes of three villagers of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said today.

He said a group of foreign mercenaries, who entered Khida village, demanded favours from the people. When the members of a family refused, they were tortured by placing red hot metal rods on their eyes. he said.

- PTI

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