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| Army anti-tank rockets land in border school | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 21
Two anti-tank rockets fired by the army during an exercise landed in a school compound in a border hamlet in the district, triggering protests by locals today.
Army was conducting a firing exercise in Khour area when the two rockets flew over the firing range and fell in the compound of a primary school in Chamarki village near the Indo-Pak border yesterday, official sources said.
Though the rockets did not explode in the school which was closed during the exercise, panic gripped the area after this incident.
Locals held a protest in the area demanding shifting of the nearby firing range.
Army troops later removed the unexploded rockets. |
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