Pak's JeM claims responsibility for IED attack

February 14, 2019 17:58

A CRPF official on the Pulwama attack says there were 70 vehicles in the convoy and one of the vehicles came under attack. The convoy was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar. ANI reports that the Pakistan backed Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility for the IED terror attack, in a text message to Kashmiri News Agency GNS.

At least 18 CRPF personnel were killed in Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in, officials said.

Police identified the terrorist as Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama. He joined the Jaish-Mohammed in 2018, they said. The casualties are likely to go up. Several people were injured in the terror attack, which reduced the bus to a mangled heap of iron.

Body parts could be strewn around the area. The vehicle was blown up on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora area of the district, a police official said.

2,500 personnel were in the convoy and some shots were also fired at the convoy, DG, CRPF, RR Bhatnagar, said.

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