Body of JeM Terrorist Found In Pulwama District in JK

Officers said he was killed in an explosion which took place while explosives were being assembled in a hideout.

File picture of terrorists stationed at J&K.

(Photo courtesy: ANI news)

The body of a terrorist belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was found by the police in south Kashmir's Pulwama district today.

Acting on a tip-off, the body was recovered from the Tral area of the district, a police official said.

He added that the slain terrorist, apparently a foreign national, was killed in an explosion which took place while explosives were being assembled in a hideout.

The identity of the slain terrorist was being ascertained, the official said.

Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid said the slain terrorist belonged to the JeM and that he was killed in an explosion while an improvised explosive device (IED) was being fabricated in a hideout.

While fabricating IED in a hideout near Handura Aripal Tral explosion took place in which one terrorist of reportedly JEM died whose body has been recovered by J&K Police/SF (security forces).

S P Vaid, DGP 

(This is a developing copy and will be updated.)