February 14
At least Twelve paramilitary troops were killed and at least thirteen others were injured, and a bus of CRPF they were traveling in was damaged in a car bomb attack along the Srinagar-Jammu highway in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday.
A police official said that around 3:15 pm, militants rammed their car into the CRPF bus triggered off an intensive blast.
The officer said that twelve CRPF men were killed in the blast and several others seriously wounded were shifted to the army’s 92 base hospital.
Following the blast, the traffic has been suspended on the highway as forces cordon off the entire area and launched searches.