Pulwama attack: CCS to meet tomorrow morning

February 14, 2019 22:06

The Cabinet Committee on Security will meet on Friday morning over the Pulwama attack in which around 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed when their convoy was targeted on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.

The meeting will be held at 9.15 am, sources said.

The convoy comprised 78 buses in which around 2500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar.

K Vijay Kumar, Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Governor, told ANI that the death toll in the attack was around 40.

The convoy was targeted in Ladoora area on the new Expressway, CRPF Director General RP Bhatnagar told ANI.

A bus, in which 42 CRPF personnel were travelling, was extensively damaged in the blast which was followed by firing on the vehicle.

The cause of the blast is being ascertained, Bhatnagar added. -- ANI

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