IED detected, defused in J&K’s Baramulla district

Srinagar, Aug 14 : A day before the Independence Day, security forces detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in J&K’s Baramulla district.

Officials said that a team of security forces including the army and the local police found an IED hidden in a bag near the college in Kanispora area of Baramulla district Monday afternoon.

“Bomb disposal squad was immediately called in and the IED was destroyed without causing any damage,” officials said.

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