Overview
- Security forces on an early-morning road sweep in Shopian discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Zainpora–Chitargam road.
- Troops halted traffic and called a Bomb Disposal Squad, which safely defused the device with no injuries reported.
- Officials said the bomb had been planted to strike security-force vehicles that use the route.
- Traffic stoppage was brief and movement resumed after the neutralisation, keeping commuters and military convoys safe.
- In the region, dawn ‘sanitisation’ patrols by road-opening parties search for roadside bombs, and IEDs are often homemade devices built from military parts or chemicals.