One more jawan succumbs to injuries : Toll of martyrs in Uri terror attack rises to 18
An official reports said sepoy K Vikas Janardhan succumbed to his injuries at R & R hospital in New Delhi.
Eighteen more injured jawans are now in hospital, six of them in serious condition.
On Sunday early morning, four terrorists sneaked into the Uri Army camp and lobbed grenades before making brush fire as most of the soldiers were in sleep.
All the attackers were also killed in counter Army attack.
Meanwhile, in Srinagar, J & K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti paid tributes to the martyred soldiers.
An official said the CM later visited the injured soldiers admitted in the 92 base hospital of the Army.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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