Three soldiers killed, two injured blast in Jammu and Kashmir
IRNA
Srinagar, Oct 7, IRNA -- Three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel
were killed and two others injured when militants set off an
improvised explosive device (IED), targeting the road opening party of
the force, on Srinagar-Pahalgam road in south Kashmir on Tuesday.
According to Press Trust of India (PTI), the IED was planted atop
a bridge on the main road at Ganeshpora near Ashmuqam, 75 km from
Srinagar in Anantnag district, and the blast was so powerful that it
caused massive damage to the road link, the official sources said
Five BSF personnel, on foot patrol, bore the brunt of the blast,
which took place around 9:15 a.m. (local time) and fell in the Lidder
Nallah.
Two other soldiers who had sustained serious injuries in the
explosion were evacuated to hospital where they are responding well
to the treatment, the sources said, adding while body of one soldier
was recovered immediately, two others took nearly two hours.
A massive hunt has been launched to nab the militants responsible
for the explosion, they said.
As a result of damage to the bridge, traffic on the main road was
suspended and efforts are on to restore it, the sources said.
However, Pahalgam bound vehicles were diverted to seller route,
they added.
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