SRINAGAR: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found near Masjid in Shurat area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday afternoon.
Official sources told the news agency KNO that the IED was detected by Army’s 9RR, CRPF and J&K police near Amhadia Masjid in Shurat village, which was fit in a pipe.
They said Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) teams of the Army and police reached to the spot and destroyed it safely, they added.
A senior police officer confirmed the recovery as well as defusing of the device.
