Security Forces Detect, Neutralise IED In J&K's Shopian

The operation was launched following inputs about a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.

Security forces detected and neutralised an improvised explosive device (IED) on Sunday following inputs about a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. They had inputs about the attack and the IED was recovered after intense searches were launched this morning, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Shopian, Amrit Pal Singh said. The IED was "detected and neutralised between Sugan and Turkhwangam (areas in Shopian) by alert security forces", he said.