Five soldiers who were buried under snow on January 28 in Macchil sector in Jammu and Kashmir but were pulled out alive after a day-long effort succumbed to their injuries on Monday, the army said. Inclement weather hampered the army’s efforts to evacuate the soldiers, who were trapped after a snow track caved in, to a hospital for specialised treatment. “Extreme foggy conditions with intermittent snow exists in Kashmir Valley. Army aviation pilots are attempting to evacuate the five soldiers who were rescued in Macchil to Srinagar for specialised treatment,” a defence spokesman had said earlier in the day. The remains of 14 soldiers who were killed in avalanches in Gurez sector on January 24 were brought to Srinagar on Monday after the weather cleared up.

Source: Hindustan Times January 30, 2017 11:34 UTC