SRINAGAR: A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast in a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday prompted heightened security measures, according to media reports.
The explosion reportedly took place in the Satwal-Naki area of the Krishna Ghati sector, close to the zero line, during the movement of a group of people on the Pakistan side of the LoC.
Casualties were reported following the blast, but the number of people killed or injured had not been confirmed at the time of reporting.
Security measures were intensified in the area following the incident.
