Security beefed up at Pak High Commission

ANI  |  General News 

Security around the High Commission in the capital has been tightened as a safety measure following the terror attack.

Anti-protests are being held across the nation to condemn the dastardly terror attack.

While key leaders across the globe stood in support of in the wake of the ghastly attack, anti-Pakistan slogans were raised in

Effigies of Masood Azhar, the of Jaish-e-Mohammed (which claimed responsibility for the attack), were burnt in as a sign of protests against the killing of the security personnel on Thursday.

Protesters thronged the streets with placards that read ''Aakhir Shahadat kab tak?" (How long will this martyrdom continue?) and festoons displaying various demands and needs of the Indian soldiers.

In the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir, around 40 CRPF personnel were killed on Thursday when their convoy was targeted by a suspected suicide bomber of Pakistan-backed JeM in district on the Srinagar-Highway.

The convoy of 78 buses, in which around 2500 CRPF personnel were travelling from to Srinagar, came under attack at around 3.15 pm at Ladhu Modi Lethpora.

Indian Air Force C-17 will soon fly to and Kashmir's from Hindon to carry the mortal remains of CRPF personnel.

This is the deadliest attack on security forces in

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First Published: Fri, February 15 2019. 15:09 IST