Srinagar, India (CNN) — A infantryman during an army stay in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 5 of his colleagues Thursday before branch his gun on himself, a infantry said.
The infantryman non-stop glow with an involuntary purloin in a fort of a stay in a city of Safapora, roughly 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of a capital, Srinagar, pronounced infantry orator Lt. Col. N.N. Joshi.
An review into a sharpened has been ordered, Joshi said.
Rising tensions in Kashmir
Kashmir is a alpine segment that has prolonged been a theme of brawl between India and Pakistan. Both sides keep vast numbers of infantry in a region.
Since 1989, India has also been fighting opposite a aroused separatist transformation in a especially Muslim area it controls, a dispute that has killed tens of thousands of people.
Previous cases of members of a Indian Army and paramilitary army in Kashmir branch their guns on their colleagues have taken place over a years.
Authorities have attributed prior shootings to highlight caused by prolonged avocation hours and prolonged subdivision from families.
Officials have introduced measures like prolonged durations of leave and recreational comforts to try to tackle a problem.
Journalist Mukhtar Ahmad reported from Srinagar, and CNN’s Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong.