Srinagar, Feb 27 (UNI) Militants triggered a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the outskirts of the city while another was defused by the police in south Kashmir last night, a police spokesman said today.
He said militants detonated an IED planted beside the road at Tangbagh on the Eidgah-Soura road late last night.
An electric transformer and window panes of nearby houses were damaged due to the impact of the blast. However, no one was injured.
He said the police averted a major tragedy when they detected an IED planted in a three wheeler which was parked near the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla last night.
The area was cordoned off and all those present were shifted to safer places. Later, the bomb disposal squad defused the IED.
Earlier, during the day, the police recovered an explosive laden car near Life Insurance Corporation of Indian (LIC) at Anantnag which was later defused.
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He said militants detonated an IED planted beside the road at Tangbagh on the Eidgah-Soura road late last night.
An electric transformer and window panes of nearby houses were damaged due to the impact of the blast. However, no one was injured.
He said the police averted a major tragedy when they detected an IED planted in a three wheeler which was parked near the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla last night.
The area was cordoned off and all those present were shifted to safer places. Later, the bomb disposal squad defused the IED.
Earlier, during the day, the police recovered an explosive laden car near Life Insurance Corporation of Indian (LIC) at Anantnag which was later defused.
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