A police spokesman in the northern state of Jammu & Kashmir said Indian troops had cordoned off Pinglan village in Kashmir's Pulwama district, where a suicide bomber rammed into a convoy of paramilitary police on Thursday. The second police official said four soldiers and a civilian were killed in the gun battle. "There was an exchange of fire early this morning that wounded the army men and the owner of the house. Mohammad Yunis, a journalist in Pulwama, said troops were searching the village and civilians trapped in adjacent houses were being evacuated. Indian forces have detained about 23 men suspected of links to Jaish, which has claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack on Indian security forces in decades.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2019 05:03 UTC