Tragedy averted on techinical airport road in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 13 (UNI) A tragedy was today averted when security forces detected and defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a tiffin box on the Srinagar-Techinical airport road.

Official sources said today that a security force patrol noticed a tiffin box hanging from a tree near Rawalpora bridge on the airport road at 0630 hrs.

Since the road was being used by security forces, Air-force personnel and other top officials, the area was sealed off and a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) summoned.

Later, the IED was defused without causing any damage.

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