Terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir - One jawan martyred, four injured

Terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir – One jawan martyred, four injured. Officials said, on Wednesday morning after terrorists lobbed a grenade on a Road Opening Party (ROP) of the army in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district four Indian Army jawans were injured and one jawan martyred. Army said the attack took place in the general area of Shamsipura at Khanabal in Kulgam when troops were doing a Sanitisation drill. The terror attack took place at morning at 10:15 am.

The army said in a statement that during the Sanitisation drill at 10:15 am in general area Shamsipura Khanabal Kulgam terrorists lobbed a grenade on Army’s Road Opening Party (ROP). Four soldiers got severely injured they were provided first aid and have been rushed to 92 Base Hospital.

In the first terrorist attack of 2021, one army jawan was martyred and three were injured, including one critical in Kulgam Jammu and Kashmir. The three injured soldiers are undergoing treatment where one soldier is said to be in critical condition at 92 base army’s hospital in Srinagar. Officials said that the school building was also damaged due to the blast and the injured soldiers were shifted to the army hospital for treatment in Srinagar.

It’s the first such type of attack by terrorists in this year 2021 and soon after the attack, a massive search operation was launched to trace the attackers. However, there is no official confirmation of IED blast yet. As per sources, police said, an IED was planted apparently in the school building which was abandoned adjacent to Jammu and Kashmir national highway.