Avalanche hits Machhil in north Kashmir, killing a student

A teenage boy died and two others were injured after an avalanche struck the forest area of Machhil in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday morning. A police officer told Srinagar based news agency GNS that the avalanche hit the Chuntiwari Balla area of Machhil in the frontier district, resulting in on-spot death of a 15-year-old boy. After the news spread in the area, all the locals and police rushed to the spot and retrieved the body, the official said. The injured boys were immediately taken to Machhil hospital where…

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