On Sunday, Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that the security establishment had received prior information about the IED that was detonated by suspected militants in the Turkawangam area of Shopian district in south Kashmir this morning.
A low intensity IED blast was triggered this morning, however there was no loss of life or injury in the incident.
“We had input of IED being planted there. Security forces went to detect it but militants exploded the same from a distance,” news agency GNS quoted IGP Kumar as saying.
Kumar said that the area has been cordoned off and searches launched to nab the attackers.
