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2019 Pulwama car bombing in India

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 The full extent of the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attacks on a vehicle convoy carrying security personnel on the Jammu-Sirinagar national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama region, India, on 14 February 2019, shocked the world. The attack killed 40 Indian Central Reserve Police (CRPF) agents and injured many. Let's take a closer look at the details of this tragic event. Introduction to the 2019 Pulwama terrorist incident The Pulwama attack was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in India's. The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a CRPF convoy. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). The CRPF convoy was moving from Jammu to Srinagar when the attack and its aftermath attack occurred. A suicide bomber, 19-year-old local Kashmiri Adil Ahmad Dar, joined JeM a year before the attack. He drove a car carrying explosives, estimated to weigh about 300-350 kg