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17 SOLDIERS DEAD 53 RESCUED IN KASHMIR AVALANCHE

by: Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun   February 8 9:02pm

A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others. The avalanche slammed into the army's High Altitude Warfare School and swept away the soldiers during a training session, said army spokesman Col. Vineet Sood. It was the worst avalanche in the area in many years, he said. Seventeen bodies were found and 53 troops were rescued about six hours after the speedin...