Jammu, May 5 -- In a stark reminder to the Pulwama terror attack on security personnel in February 2019 ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, an Indian Air Force (IAF) vehicle convoy was attacked in the similar fashion by terrorists in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir late Saturday evening in which one soldier was killed and four seriously injured.

The attack occurred near Shashidhar when the convoy vehicles were moving towards Sanai Top in the district's Surankote area.

The local military units launched cordon and search operations to capture the terrorists behind the strike, the IAF statement read.

This is the ninth major attack on security personnel since October 2021 in the region including this which comes right in the midst of 20...