5 feared killed in J&K avalanche

srinagar: five persons working as porters with army were feared killed when they were caught in a snow storm and trapped under an avalanche near the line of control (loc) in uri sector, official reports reaching here said on saturday. the avalanche struck the porters identified as imtiyaz ahmad lone, gani lone, sultan lone, sattar lone and mohammad shafi (all residents of lachipora village of uri) when they were on way to a forward post on december 18, the reports quoting delayed information said.the reports said efforts are on to extract the bodies of the deceased porters.