Summary:
In a terror attack, two low-intensity explosions left two Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel injured at the Jammu Air Force Station on Sunday.
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In a terror attack, two low-intensity explosions left two Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel injured at the Jammu Air Force Station on Sunday.
The devices are suspected to have been dropped and detonated by unmanned aerial vehicles.
The explosions hit the station a little after 1:30 am on Sunday and caused minor damage to a building, with security experts and officials saying this could be the first time drones were used in an attack on a major installation in the country.
Jammu and Kashmir’s director general of police Dilbag Singh said that the twin blasts at the IAF’s technical airport was a “terror attack”.
It was reported at the high-security technical area of the Jammu airport that is manned by the IAF in Satwari area on the outskirts of the city.
“A drone with payload in both the blasts at Jammu airfield is suspected to have dropped the explosive material.
The police have registered an FIR and investigation is on,” Singh said.
The first blast at the airport, which is used for VVIP movement and armed forces’ strategic operations, took place at 1:37am, causing minor damage to the roof of a building, and the second one – said to be weaker in intensity – was reported at 1:42am in an open area, according to an IAF official.
Singh said the police and other agencies were working with IAF officials to ascertain the specifics.
A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was also at the spot.
The air force said the blasts were also being probed by a high-level IAF team.
“There was no damage to any equipment.