Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for the cowardly attack in Pulwama.
As many as 40 CRPF jawans were martyred in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in, officials said. The terror group has claimed responsibility for the cowardly attack.
Police identified the terrorist as Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama. He joined the Jaish-Mohammed in 2018. The casualties are likely to go up. Several people were injured in the terror attack, which reduced the bus to a mangled heap of iron. Body parts could be strewn around the area. The vehicle was blown up on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora area of the district, a police official said.
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This is now the biggest militant attacks in Kashmir against security forces in the last two decades. In 2001, JeM carried out a suicide bomb attack outside the Srinagar secretariat killing 38 people and injuring 40. This attack is also bigger than the Uri attack in 2016 where 19 army men were killed.
Below is a timeline of some of the major attacks that have taken place on security forces since the 2016 Uri attack.
1. February 7, 2018
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Terrorists attacked a police team accompanying detainees from Central jail to the hospital for a medical check-up. Two policemen were killed in the attack at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital. Naveed Jat, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, managed to escape from police custody in the attack (Representative Image)
2. December 31, 2017
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Five CRPF jawans were martyred in a 24-hour-long encounter between BSF and suspected JeM terrorists at Lethpora where today's Pulwama attack took place.
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3. November 29, 2016
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Seven soldiers, including 2 officers, were martyred when terrorists entered the premises of 166 army unit at Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters at Jammu. (Representative Image)
4. October 6, 2016
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Three terrorists were shot dead at Handwara in North Kashmir foiling an planned attack on a Rashtriya Rifles camp. (Representative Image)
5. September 18, 2016
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19 soldiers were martyred in the infamous Uri attack in Baramulla district. Fidayeen terrorists stormed an Army camp at Uri near the Line of Control (LoC) around 4 am. Four terrorists were killed in the encounter. (Representative Image)
