JAMMU: A 30-year-old labourer was killed and seven others severely injured in a shell explosion along the International Border (IB) in Jammu’s Arnia sector on Friday.

“A stray shell fired from across the border got buried in the mud and exploded when labourers were working in the field in Jabowal village,” police sources said. One labourer, identified as Bittu — a resident of Chatru — was killed in the blast while seven of his co-workers suffered splinter injuries and were hospitalized.

Police are investigating the matter, SP (headquarters) Romesh Kotwal told TOI.

