Terrorists attacked a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) killing at least 44 of them  in Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district Thursday evening, agencies said.

Reports said Pakistan-based terror outfit, the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), claimed responsibility for the terror attack. Security forces said the terrorists used an improvised explosive device (IED) in the attack.

A total of 2,500 CRPF personnel were going in a convoy of 78 vehicles from Jammu to Srinagar when they were attacked by terrorists, reports said.