Mortar Bomb

Mortar Bomb event in Jammu & Kashmir, Bandi Chachi, Poonch area, India on Tue 14th February 2023

14th February 2023

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Poonch: A 120-mm mortar shell was destroyed Tuesday in a controlled explosion by Army experts after it was found in a forward village near the Line of Control in Poonch district, officials said. The old mortar shell was found during road construction work between Islamabad and Shahpur in Bandi Chachi by the Border Roads Organisation around 1:15 pm, the officials said. They said the concerned army unit was informed and the shell was destroyed under a controlled mechanism.

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