New Delhi

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday visited the Poonch-Rajouri highway in Jammu and Kashmir where an army vehicle was attacked by terrorists on Thursday following which five soldiers were killed.

"Three out of five who attacked the army vehicle are probably Pakistani and two are local terrorists. After hurling grenades, they fled in a vehicle," an official said.

According to reports, "the main purpose of the attack was to disturb the G20 meeting which is being held in India".

Terrorists attacked an army vehicle around 3 p.m. on Thursday.

They fired at the vehicle followed by a grenade attack which resulted in the vehicle catching fire.

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Five soldiers identified as Havaldar Mandeep Singh, Sepoy Harkrishan Singh, Lance Naik Kulwant Singh, Sepoy Sewak Singh - all four from Punjab, and Lance Naik Debashish of Odisha were killed in the attack while another soldier was critically injured.