Suspicious IED found in JK’s Sopore

Srinagar: Security forces found a suspicious object suspected to be an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore on Saturday morning, official sources said.

They said the suspicious object was found at Hygam area along the Srinagar-Baramulla highway during a routine road opening drill by the forces. The area was immediately cordoned off and the traffic along the busy highway was suspended.

“The bomb disposal squad has been called and they are on job,” an official said, adding senior security officials are on the spot