Srinagar: A day after killing two policemen
and injuring another in an ambush, militants on Wednesday made an
abortive bid to set off an explosion in Shopian district of
South Kashmir.
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED), weighing about two
kg and kept in a tin box, was noticed by a police party this
morning during patrolling between Gaberpora and Keegam in
Shopian, 52 kms from here, a police spokesman said.
The IED was planted on the roadside by militants with the
intention to set off an explosion but timely detection of the
deadly device averted a major tragedy, he said.
It was later neutralised by a bomb disposal squad, the
spokesman said.
Militants have stepped up their activities in Pulwama and
Shopian districts over the past one week and killed five
persons including two policemen, a worker of the ruling
National Conference and a young woman.
Two policemen were killed and another was injured when
ultras ambushed a patrol party at Kadalbal in Pampore, 15 kms
from here on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, yesterday.
Earlier, militants shot dead 21-year-old Sheeraza Akhtar
at Hergam-Keller in Shopian on December 15 and followed it up
by killing two more persons - National Conference worker
Mohammad Iqbal Dar and Nazir Ahmad Chopan - in Awantipora and
Kadipora areas of Pulwama on December 18.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 15:34