SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Security forces on Wednesday averted a tragedy by detecting and defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing eight kg in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said.
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During a routine patrol in the Hafroda forest area of Handwara in the north Kashmir district, security forces found a suspicious object on the roadside, the officials said. A closer inspection revealed that the suspicious object was an IED.
The area was cordoned off and a bomb disposal squad was called to the spot, they said.
The squad later destroyed the IED without causing any damage, the officials added. (Agencies)
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