JAMMU: A 10-year-old boy was injured in a mine blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Tuesday morning.

The accident took place around 11.30am when a drifted mine at Kainan Gountrain exploded, injuring Mohammad Ashiq, a resident of Mendhar’s Kaiyaa area. Ashiq was rushed to the district hospital which — after administering first aid — referred him to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu , sources said.

