Two soldiers were wounded when suspected militants triggered off an Improvise Explosive Device (IED) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. This is the first incident of triggering an IED that inflicted casualties on the security forces this year.
Sources said that IED blast occurred at around 11 am near village Nadihal in Rafiabad pocket of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district at a time when an Army convoy was moving in the area on way to Srinagar from Kupwara.An anti-sabotage vehicle of the convoy was hit by the blast and two soldiers on board were wounded.
Police said that the blast was triggered off through remote control device. The forensic experts inspected the blast site. They said that the more than two kilograms of explosive material has been used in the IED.The blast created panic in the area and people mostly working in orchards and paddy fields escaped to safety. Additional deployments were called in to cordon off the area.
No militant outfit claimed the responsibility for the attack yet.“The Army convoy was passing the village on the State highway from Chowkibal to Srinagar when an IED blast damaged one vehicle of the convoy. Two soldiers in the vehicle suffered minor injuries. Following the blast, the complete area was cordoned off and searched for the possibility of other explosives. On getting clearance from blast explosive experts, the convoy was moved to a safer location .The two Army personnel who sustained minor injuries and the condition of both was declared stable,” a defence spokesman said.
Three days ago, an Army jawan was killed in an encounter with militants in Kupwara district.