J&K: Army major killed, jawan hurt in Nowshera IED explosion

An Army major was killed and another jawan was injured in an IED explosion along the Line of Control in Nowshera's Lam area in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

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An Army major was killed and another jawan was injured after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera’s Lam area in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

The security personnel were checking a freshly dug area when the blast took place.

This came two days after 40 CRPF jawans were killed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden into the bus they were travelling in. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad has claimed responsibility for the attack.

(This is a developing story. More details awaited.)