BLOOD SOAKED VALLEY

Disturbing news coming in from #awantipura . Twelve of our security personnel have been martyred and several have been injured. How many more lives will be snuffed out before this madness ends?” —MEHBOOBA MUFTI, ex-J&K CM tweeted

THE TERRORIST

driving the suicide vehicle has been identified as Adil Ahmad from Kakapora in Pulwama. He had joined the JeM in 2018.

THE BUS

that was the focus of the attack belongs to the 54th battalion of the CRPF and had 44 personnel on board.

IN THE ATTACK

on the Uri

military base in September 2016, JeM militants killed 18 Army jawans.

The mangled remains of the bus the CRPF jawans were travelling in when their convoy was attacked in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district on Thursday.

Adil Ahmad