Shopian: A low depth Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was triggered by unknown terrorists in Turkawangam village of shopian district of South Kashmir on Sunday (May 16).
Authorities defined that the system was of low depth and didn’t trigger any harm.
There have been security forces current on the space to detect and defuse the IED and efforts are underway to safe the realm and make certain there aren’t any extra explosive units in the realm.
A police officer mentioned “ Acting on a dependable enter relating to an IED (Improvised Explosive Device ) was planted on Turkwangam-Sugan street, security forces rushed to the realm to detect and defuse it. Unidentified terrorists, nonetheless, detonated the IED from a distance. Blast was of low depth IED didn’t trigger any harm. The space has been taken into Cordon and search operation is occurring.
It’s the second IED noticed in two days in south kashmir yesterday a ten Kg IED was recovered in Pulwama the well timed motion averted Major tragedy.
Meanwhile, twenty-one individuals have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for staging pro-Palestine demonstrations in violation of the curfew imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officers mentioned on Saturday (May 15).
