One security personnel killed, 7 injured in IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector

On Saturday, a Border Security Force assistant sub-inspector was injured after the India and Pakistan exchanged fire in the district.

One security personnel was killed and seven people injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Mendhar area along the Line of Control in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

One security personnel killed, 7 injured in IED blast in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sectorPhoto by Waseem Andrabi / Hindustan Times)

Further details are awaited.

On Saturday, a Border Security Force assistant sub-inspector was injured after the India and Pakistan exchanged fire in the district.

Meanwhile, security forces have eliminated two terrorists in a counter-terrorism operation in Gopalpur area of Kulgam district of the state.

Weapons and warlike stores have been recovered from their hideout.

(This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed.)