JAMMU: An officer and a soldier were killed in a mine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district on Saturday, police said.

Police sources said the two soldiers were killed in a mine blast in Kalal area of the LoC in Nowshera tehsil of Rajouri during routine patrolling. Three were seriously injured.

“Further details are awaited,” a source said.

(with IANS inputs)