Australian army soldier dies and five others injured during training exercise, ABC News says


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(Corrects location of incident ​to Northern Territory, not North ‌Territory, in paragraph 1)

SYDNEY, ⁠Oct ​6 (Reuters) - An ⁠Australian army ‌soldier has ‌died and five ⁠others ⁠have been injured during a training exercise in the Northern Territory ‌region of ​Australia, ABC News reported on Tuesday.

The incident happened on Monday but no further details ​were ‌available, ‌the report ⁠said. There was no immediate comment from ‌Australia's Department of ​Defence.

(Reporting ‌by Praveen ⁠Menon; ​Editing by Nia ​Williams)

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