New Delhi: At least six soldiers were killed and one missing when an avalanche hit the Siachen glacier area on Sunday.
According to Indian media reports, six men belonging to the 1st Assam Regiment, deployed in Siachen glacier area, died in the avalanche hit around 7am.
One soldier is still missing and efforts are being made to locate him, they said. “The incident happened during inter-post movement of the soldiers,” they said.
This is for the first time in several years that an avalanche has hit an Indian position in the glacier area, the sources said.
An avalanche had hit a Pakistani Army camp in the glacier area last year killing over 100 troops.
India and Pakistan have deployed their troops in Siachen for close to 30 years now and have lost more people to the weather and terrain than to enemy bullets.
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