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IED recovered on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway

Security forces on Saturday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, police said. Traffic on the highway…

IED recovered on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway

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Security forces on Saturday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway, police said.

Traffic on the highway was disrupted for some time in the morning when security forces found the IED at a busy crossing on the periphery of Srinagar.

“Bomb disposal squads of police, Army and the Central Reserve Police Force immediately reached the spot and removed the explosive device,” a police officer said.

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Traffic was later restored on the highway.

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