At least 40 CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu & Kashmir when a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.

More than 2,500 CRPF personnel, many of them returning from leave to rejoin duty in the Valley, were travelling in the convoy of 78 vehicles when they were ambushed on the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Latoomode in Awantipora in south Kashmir around 3.15 pm.

Pakistan-based JeM terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack that took place about 20 km from Srinagar.

Here’s a chronology of major terror attacks on security forces in the state since 1999.

26 August 2017 Three JeM terrorists storm District Police Lines in Pulwama, killing eight security force personnel, before the assailants were shot dead.

29 November 2016 Three terrorists storm Army artillery camp at Nagrota in Jammu, killing seven soldiers, before the assailants were eliminated.

18 September 2016 Four Pakistani terrorists storm an Army camp at Uri in Baramulla district, killing 18 soldiers, most of them were asleep. The assailants were also killed. The incident led to reprisal surgical strikes inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir by the Army.

25 June 2016 Terrorists open fire on a CRPF bus, killing eight jawans at Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.

3 June 2016 Terrorists target a CRPF bus at Pampore, killing two personnel before taking refuge in a government building. Two-day encounter ends with killing of three soldiers, including two officers and the two assailants.

5 December 2014 Six heavily-armed terrorists storm an Army camp at Mohra in Uri. Ten soldiers were killed in the gunbattle with the intruders, who were all shot dead.

24 June 2013 Terrorists ambush a bus carrying unarmed Army personnel at Hyderpora in Srinagar. Eight soldiers were killed.

19 July 2008 Ten soldiers were killed when terrorists triggered an IED planted by the roadside at Narbal on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway on the outskirts of the city.

2 November 2005 A suicide bomber blew up his car at Nowgam, near the private residence of then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, killing three cops and six civilians.

20 July 2005 A suicide car bomber blew his vehicle by ramming it into a vehicle of security forces. Three security force personnel and two civilians were killed.

24 June 2005 Nine Army soldiers were killed in a car bomb triggered by terrorists on the outskirts of Srinagar.

4 August 2004 Nine CRPF jawans were killed in a terrorist attack on their camp at Rajbagh in Srinagar. One terrorist was killed in retaliatory action.

8 April 2004 Eleven persons were killed in a grenade attack by terrorists on a PDP rally at Uri in Baramulla district.

22 July 2003 Eight soldiers, including a Brigadier, were killed in a terrorist attack on their camp in Akhnoor. Several other senior Army officers sustained injuries in the attack.

28 June 2003 Twelve soldiers, including an officer, were killed in a suicide attack by terrorists on Sunjwan Army camp. Two terrorists were neutralised.

14 May 2002 In one of the biggest strikes on an Army installation, 36 persons were killed by three terrorists who stormed the Kaluchak Army Cantonment in Jammu. The assailants were also killed.

17 November 2001 Terrorists storm a security forces base in Ramban (then part of Doda district), killing 10 security forces. Four terrorists were also killed.

1 October 2001 Terrorists trigger a car bomb outside the old Legislative Assembly Complex in Srinagar. Thirty-eight persons were killed while three assailants were also eliminated.

10 August 2000 Terrorists hurl a grenade at Residency Road in Srinagar. As security officers assembled at the spot, they triggered a car bomb, killing 11 persons and a journalist.

19 April 2000 A ‘human bomb’ was used for the first time in Kashmir insurgency. Two soldiers were killed in the suicide car bomb at Army headquarters in Badamibagh, Srinagar.

3 November 1999 Terrorists storm the Badamibagh Army headquarters, killing 10 soldiers including PRO Major Purshottam.