Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Sunday termed the twin explosions at the high security Indian Air Force station in the Jammu airport a terror attack.
The police, IAF and other agencies were investigating the attack, he said.
Two IAF personnel were injured when two explosives-laden drones crashed into the station around 2 am. The blasts took place within six minutes of each other.
The first blast ripped off the roof of a single-storey building at the technical area of the airport manned by the IAF in Satwari area of the city. The second one was on the ground, officials said
Security forces and bomb disposal and forensic teams were rushed to Jammu Airport. A massive search operation has been launched outside the Air Force station. Investigations are on and the matter is being probed from all angles. Terror angle has also not been ruled out.
Meanwhile, a suspected militant was arrested by J&K Police from near a shopping mall in the jurisdiction of Trikuta Nagar Police station and an IED was seized from him.
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