Yawar Shafi, Srinagar: The number of death has mounted to 45 in an attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides, 38 others were wounded in the worst-ever attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
The attack took place around 3.15 p.m. on Thursday when a ‘Fidayeen’ bomber belonging to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit rammed an explosive-laden SUV into a bus carrying CRPF troopers in Lethpora area of Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway, officials said.
“None among the 44 CRPF men travelling in the bus that took the full impact of the suicide bombing survived,” a CRPF official said.
“An injured person in another bus has also succumbed taking the death toll to 45,” he added.
The official said the injured (38) CRPF men are being treated in the Army base hospital in Badamibagh cantonment area of Srinagar.