SRINAGAR: An army man was injured in a landmine blast along Line of Control in Kerni sector of Poonch district on Saturday, official sources said.

Quoting official sources news agency GNS reported that the blast, apparently occurring accidentally, occurred at around 11:15 a.m., leaving the soldier identified as A Rawat injured who was immediately airlifted to army’s command hospital in Udhampur.

Confirming it, an official said that the status of the soldier’s condition was not immediately known.