Two Army soldiers killed, five others injured during bridging exercise in Pune

College of Military Engineering (CME) in Pune (File Photo/Facebook)

New Delhi: Two Indian Army personnel were killed and five others injured on Thursday, while carrying out a bridging exercise at the College of Military Engineering (CME) at Dapodi in Pune.

“Two combat engineers lost their lives during a training session while carrying out a bridging exercise,” a senior Indian Army officer said.




The officers said a five armymen, including a junior commissioned officer, were also injured during the exercise.

An important component of the training for combat engineers consists of bridging of small gaps, large gaps and assault bridges.

Β Published on:Β Dec 26, 2019 at 18:00Β IST

IANS

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