This is getting to be the norm in Pakistan. It’s gotten to the point where it would be an easier task to report the days when people DON’T get blown up by some lunatic jihadi.
Muzaffarabad, 27 Jan. (AKI/DAWN) – Ten people were wounded in Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Wednesday when a bomb exploded as security forces tried to defuse the device, police said.
The explosion occurred in Rawalakot district, more than 120 kilometres south of the regional capital Muzaffarabad, and was the latest in a series of attacks in the disputed Himalayan region, which is also claimed by India.
“The bomb was planted in a casket of milk in front of a local school. The school might have been the target, we are investigating” said Chaudry Mohammad Raqeeb, a senior administrative official.
Bomb disposal experts were called to the scene, but the device exploded as they sought to disable it.
“Ten people including three policemen and four civil defence personnel were injured. One of the injured is critical,” said Sajjad Hussain, a senior police official in Rawalakot, adding that the three other casualties were civilians.
Meanwhile, Indian security forces said on Tuesday they had foiled an attempt by militants to infiltrate the international border in Indian-administered Kashmir.
They said there was an exchange of fire in the Jammu region and the intruders retreated into the Pakistani territory.
Security was tight across the state of Jammu and Kashmir as India celebrates Republic Day on Tuesday.
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