The Army has retrieved six bodies of the soldiers who went missing after being hit by two avalanches at separate locations in Bandipora’s Gurez valley, 200 km from Srinagar. (Representational Image) | Photo Credit: AFPmore-inThe Army has retrieved ten bodies of the soldiers who went missing after being hit by two avalanches at separate locations in Bandipora’s Gurez valley, 200 km from Srinagar. “The avalanches had hit an Army camp and an Army patrol in two separate locations between January 25 and 26 in Gurez,” said an Udhampur-based Army spokesman. The Army has refused to disclose the number of missing soldiers. The Gurez valley, bordering Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), remains cut off due to heavy snowfall since first week of January.

Source: The Hindu January 26, 2017 09:17 UTC