India, Oct. 10 -- Four landmines and a mortar shell exploded near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district without causing any harm to human lives, officials said on Thursday.

The mortar shell buried underground went off when an earth-mover was digging the land at Sagra village in Mankote area on Thursday morning, the officials said. The driver of the excavator escaped unhurt in the explosion that rocked the area.

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