40 personnel martyred in terror attack on CRPF convoyin J&K’s Pulwama

40 persons were martyred and many injured after a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a bus carrying the jawans in Goripora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Srinagar:  At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in.

The casualties are likely to go up. Several people were injured in the terror attack, which reduced the bus to a mangled heap of iron. Body parts could be strewn around the area. 

The vehicle was blown up on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Awantipora area of the district, a police official said.(PTI)