Poonch, Jul 23: A 12-year-old boy was injured in a landmine blast along Line of Control in Poonch district, official sources said.

They said that one Rizwan Khan son of Younas Khan, resident of Nakarkote accidentally stepped on a landmine blast while he was grazing livestock. A local army unit provided first aid to the injured boy, they said.

The overall condition of the boy could not be however known.