2019 Pulwama attack

<p>The 2019 Pulwama attack occurred on 14 February 2019, when a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the <a href="/facts/Jammu%25E2%2580%2593Srinagar_National_Highway/pSRgL5Av">Jammu–Srinagar National Highway</a> was attacked by a vehicle-borne <a href="/facts/Suicide_attack/M5M7TFHv">suicide bomber</a> at <a href="/facts/Lethapora/J7VhBwm1">Lethapora</a> in the <a href="/facts/Pulwama_district/IE4v5c0r">Pulwama district</a> of the erstwhile <a href="/facts/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)/Rl2eUo1z">state of Jammu and Kashmir</a>. The attack killed 40 <a href="/facts/Central_Reserve_Police_Force/B13fXdcQ">Central Reserve Police Force</a> (CRPF) personnel as well as the perpetrator — Adil Ahmad Dar— who was a local <a href="/facts/Kashmiris/fkGPdjdW">Kashmiri</a> youth from the Pulwama district. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a>-based <a href="/facts/Islamism/4u3G2nEf">Islamist</a> terrorist group, <a href="/facts/Jaish-e-Mohammed/h2aAdWeU">Jaish-e-Mohammed</a>. <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> blamed neighbouring <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> for the attack, while the latter condemned the attack and denied having any connections to it. The attack dealt a severe blow to <a href="/facts/India%25E2%2580%2593Pakistan_relations/CVWuLWjn">India–Pakistan relations</a>, consequently resulting in the <a href="/facts/2019_India%25E2%2580%2593Pakistan_border_skirmishes/dIsLmN74">2019 India–Pakistan military standoff</a>. Subsequently, Indian investigations identified 19 accused. By August 2021, the main accused along with six others had been killed, and seven had been arrested.
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