One killed, 6 injured in mortar blast along IB in Jammu

One person was killed and six injured as an old mortar exploded along the International Border (IB) in Arnia sector of Jammu district today, a police officer said.

Some labourers were working in the fields of Jabowal border belt, when the blast took place, he told PTI.

In the blast, one person was killed and six were injured, the officer said, adding the injured were hospitalised.