Another IED found, detonated in Srinagar

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, January 14

For the second day in a row, security forces detected an improvised explosive device (IED) on the outskirts of Srinagar.

The IED was detected by a road-opening party of the Army at Maloora on the Srinagar-Sumbal road this morning, almost 4 km from the spot where a 5-kg IED was detected on Saturday.

A security forces officer said the area was cordoned off and the traffic was halted along the highway after the explosives were found.

“A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the spot which detonated the explosives,” said the CRPF spokesman in Srinagar.

On Saturday, an IED was detected and detonated on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway in the HMT area of the city.

The return of the IEDs after many years has set alarm bells among the security agencies which are chalking out a new strategy to tackle such attacks.

On January 6, Jaish-e-Mohammed militants triggered an IED in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, killing four policemen, including an officer.