An army jawan shot dead five of his colleagues at point blank range while they were sleeping and killed himself on Wednesday night in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

"A soldier of a Rashtriya Rifles unit ran amok in the wee hours, killing five soldier before killing himself," said Lt Col NN Joshi, public relations officer at army's Srinagar-based 15 corps.
"The deaths of the jawans took place inside the army camp of 13 Rashtriya Rifles at Safapora," Joshi added

He said that a court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate the deaths.


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