Kupwara: Security forces on Friday averted a major improvised explosive device (IED) attack on the Srinagar-Kupwara Highway near Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir.
“A high-powered IED connected with three 10-kilogram LPG Cylinders was spotted by an alert Road Opening Party near Langait,” the Indian Army stated. According to the officials, the IED was planted on the National Highway that connects Kupwara with Srinagar. “Almost 1000 civil vehicles and 200 defence vehicles crossed the spot where IED was planted. The IED was detected by the column of an Air Defence Unit present in the area,” the Indian Army said. Earlier in the day, Security forces detonated three suspicious gas cylinders found in Ganapora village of Kralgund in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, according to an official release.
