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30 CRPF martyred in Pulwama Terror Attack

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Srinagar: 30 CRPF jawans were martyred after an SUV laden with explosives rammed into a CRPF convoy vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district at 3:15 pm on Thursday.

This however, is not the final death count. Sources indicate that the number of dead CRPF Jawans could be more

The terror attack took place when a total of 2,547 CRPF personnel were coming in a convoy of 78 vehicles from the transit camp in Jammu and headed to Srinagar.

The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant group have claimed responsibly for the terror attack.

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