This is for the first time that such bullets have been used in any militant attack across India, India Today reported<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
In what could send security agencies in a tizzy in Jammu and Kashmir, the three militants who carried out Fidayeen attack in Lethpora on December 31 had used bullets that pierced the body armour of the troopers.<\/i><\/p>\n
This is for the first time that such bullets have been used in any militant attack across India, India Today reported.<\/i><\/p>\n
Quoting Inspector General of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Ravideep Sahi, the report said that three Jaish-e-Mohammed Fidayeens who attacked the CRPF installation in Pulwama had used steel-core bullets, which can pierce body armour.<\/i><\/p>\n
“The bullet pierced the shield and hit him (trooper). Though the CRPF personnel killed the attacker, we lost one man,” Sahi said.<\/i><\/p>\n
The hardened steel penetrator, encased usually in a copper jacket, in such bullets is a pointed mass of high-density material which retains its shape and strikes the target with maximum energy, said the report.<\/i><\/p>\n
“In fact, one of the bullets penetrated the bullet-proof gypsy of the Assistant Commandant hitting a CRPF man,” mentioned the report.<\/i><\/p>\n
The bullets, according to the report, have been sent for forensic examination.<\/i><\/p>\n
The bullets used in the Pulwama attack, which are undergoing forensic tests outside the state, have set alarm bells ringing in the security establishment.<\/i><\/p>\n
The use of armour-piercing rounds by militants could be a major security nightmare as several VIPS use bulletproof vehicles, added the report.<\/i><\/p>\n
In the attack, three militants and five CRPF men were killed. Three troopers were in the firefight that lasted 36-hours.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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