SRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least 15 soldiers have been killed and 17 others critically injured after a massive avalanche hit an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Senior police officer Qayoom Manhas tells The Associated Press the bodies of 15 soldiers have been found and 53 troops have been rescued six hours after the speeding mass of snow and ice struck the center high on a Himalayan slope.
Manhas says 17 of those rescued needed emergency medical care. Rescuers are looking for two more soldiers missing and feared buried under the snow.
The accident occurred near Gulmarg, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of Srinagar, the main city in Indian Kashmir.
