Jammu and Kashmir: In a first, ‘Magnetic IED’ recovered in Baramulla district


In a first, government forces on Sunday claimed to have recovered magnetic improvised devices in Sopore village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

In a statement, issued to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that a suspect namely Saqib Shakeel Dar was apprehended with war like stores in a joint operation by government forces on Friday based on a specific tip off in Shangargund village of Sopore.

The statement reads that during spot interrogation, he admitted to having hidden Magnetic IEDs in the Chak Barat Orchards, following which forces launched a search in the orchard and recovered three IEDs and seven detonators.

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Source: The Kasmir Walla