Five soldiers killed during tank exercise in Ladakh
Updated: Jun 29th, 2024
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Five Army soldiers were killed during a tank warfare exercise in the Ladakh region when the stream through which the tanks were passing suddenly got flooded.
Official sources told the news agency from Leh town of Ladakh region that an exercise of tank warfare was going on in the Daulat Beg Ode area near the line of actual control (LAC) today.
A stream which was being crossed by the tanks during this exercise suddenly got flooded due to cloudburst in the higher reaches.
Daulat Beg is situated in the Old Karakomar range. There is also an army base here. Army personnel were swept away in the river by flash floods near LAC in Ladakh, officials said.
(This story was taken from a syndicated feed and was only edited for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)
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