Srinagar, Nov 20 (PTI) Security forces on Friday detected and later diffused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

An IED fitted in a pipe was detected near a local mosque at Shurat in the south Kashmir's Kulgam district, a police officer said.

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He said the explosive device was later destroyed by a bomb disposal squad team on the spot without causing any loss.

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