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Two RBA soldiers injured in an explosion in Sarpang |
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Yesterday two Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) soldiers were injured in an explosion at Gaden village under Umling Geog in Sarpang.
According to a news release from the RBA, the improvised explosive device which was planted in a bunker went off at around 6.40 am.
The bunker is manned only during the day by personnel from the RBA outpost at Umling. The militants had planted the explosive device at night.
The militants who planted the device have taken away two rifles.
Villagers had seen some men running away towards the border after the explosion. The two injured RBA soldiers are being treated in the Gelephu hospital.
A spokesman from the Royal Bhutan Army said the attack is suspected to be carried out by Maoist militants from the camps in Nepal.
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