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Ladakh August 21 : A solemn wreath-laying ceremony was organised here to pay homage to the bravehearts who died in the line of duty in Leh district on Saturday, the Army said.

An army officer and eight soldiers were killed after an army truck veered off the road and plunged into a gorge near Kiari in Leh on Saturday evening.

“In a solemn wreath-laying ceremony, Fire and Fury Corps Commander and all ranks paid homage with full military honours to the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice, in the line of duty, in Ladakh on 19 August,” the Leh-based 14 Corps, also known as the Fire and Fury Corps, said on ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter).