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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Krishn Kaushik

Indian army says it finds rifle linked to killing of 4 soldiers at base

Police vehicles leave a police station, following a "firing incident" at a military station that killed four people, in Bhatinda, Punjab, India, April 12, 2023 in this screengrab taken from a handout video. ANI/Handout via REUTERS

The Indian army said on Wednesday it had located an assault rifle believed to have been used to kill four soldiers at a military base in the northern border state of Punjab, though no one had yet been arrested over the attack.

The four soldiers succumbed to gunshot injuries sustained during the firing incident, which took place at 4:35 a.m. (2305 GMT Tuesday), an earlier army statement said.

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