IED intended to target security forces defused in Shopian
SRINAGAR, Apr 8 (PTI): Security forces on Wednesday detected and defused a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists on a road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, an Army official said.
He said a tragedy was averted as the IED was “apparently meant to target security forces’ vehicles”.
The device was found along the Zainapora-Chitargam road in the south Kashmir district early this morning during routine sanitisation operations, the official said.
