India

2 soldiers killed in case of fratricide in Poonch

Pioneer News Service

A Territorial Army jawan Friday killed one of his colleagues and injured two others in a fit of anger before shooting himself dead inside an Army camp in Surankote area of Poonch.

An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the circumstances under which the army jawans were killed inside an army camp in Surankote.

 According to reports, the firing incident was reported early morning around 5.30 a.m when the jawans were being deployed for routine Road Opening party duties.

Official sources said, "an army jawan opened fire on his colleagues inside an army camp and later shot himself with his service weapon. Initially one soldier succumbed to his injuries while the jawan who opened fire succumbed to his injuries late in the evening.

He was critically injured and had received three gunshot injuries.  Till the time of filing the report no official statement was released by the office of Defence PRO