Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 12: Army averted a major tragedy today when they detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by militants in Handwara area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Troops of 47 Rashtriya Rifles of counter insurgency Kilo Force detected the 15-kilogram IED planted by militants under a culvert this morning.
Army rushed a bomb disposal squad to the spot and the explosive was defused by a controlled explosion.
This is the second IED detected by militants in the past fortnight. A five-kg IED was detected and destroyed by Army at Shalteng on Srinagar-Baramulla road on April 30.
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