Indian security forces have averted a major terror incident after recovering IEDs planted under a bridge in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police confirmed.
The forces confirmed that the IEDs were planted by terrorists on a road between the villages of Tujan and Dalwan. The explosives were later defused by the security forces.
In May, security forces recovered 45 kgs of explosives in the same Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, foiling a car-borne attack on security forces.
Pulwama district in southern Kashmir has been a hotbed for terrorist activities for decades.
In February 2019, 40 Indian soldiers were killed in Pulwama when a car packed with IEDs was detonated near an army convoy. The aftermath of one the worst suicide attacks in the country was followed by an Indian Army air strike on a suspected terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot on 26 February 2019. Indian warplanes crossed the de facto border to target the alleged camp of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed, which claimed responsibility for the Pulwama attack.
The Indian Army has claimed to have killed nearly 150 militants in Jammu and Kashmir this year, a significant spike compared to the 157 militants eliminated in 2019.