New Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemns the attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama district which claimed the lives of about 30 CRPF personnel when a when a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the bus they were travelling in.
“Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack.The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly”, as released on Twitter.
Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack. The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 14, 2019
Further in another tweet,” Spoke to Home Minister Rajnath Singh Ji and other top officials regarding the situation in the wake of the attack in Pulwama.”
More than 2,500 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, many of them returning from leave to rejoin duty in the Valley, were travelling in the convoy of 78 vehicles when they were ambushed on the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Latoomode in Awantipora.
Police said the terrorist driving the suicide vehicle was Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama who joined the JeM in 2018.
The casualties are likely to go up.
The terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack that took place about 30 km from Srinagar, they said.
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