Forty-two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and many others injured on Thursday, when a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kilograms of explosives into their bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

An improvised explosive device (IED) blast was followed by gunshots in Goripora area of Awantipora, reports said. More than 2,500 CRPF personnel, many of whom were returning from their holidays to rejoin duty in Jammu and Kashmir, were travelling in the convoy of 78 vehicles when they were ambushed on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. The bus that was the focus of the attack belonged to the 76th battalion of the Indian Army and had 39 personnel on board.

JeM claimed responsibility for the suicide attack. Spokesperson for the terrorist group Muhammad Hassan told local media that the attacker was a Kashmiri militant, Aadil Ahmad Dar alias Waqas Commando. Following the attack, leaders and politicians from across the spectrum condemned the "cowardly killings".

Here is a list of all CRPF jawans who lost their lives in Thursday's suicide bombing:

SL NO.	RANK	NAME	UNIT
1	HC/DVR	JAIMAL SINGH	76 BN	VEHICLE DVR
2	HC/GD	NASEER AHAMAD	76 BN	COMDR
3	CT/GD	SUKHVINDER SINGH	76 BN	ESCORT
4	CT/GD	ROHITASH LAMBA	76 BN	ESCORT
5	CT/BUG	TILAK RAJ	76 BN	ESCORT
6	CT/GD	BHAGIRATH SINGH	45 BN	TRANSIENTS
7	CT/GO	BIRENDRA SINGH	45 BN	TRANSIENTS
8	HC/RO	AVDESH KUMAR YADAV	45 BN	TRANSIENTS
9	CT/GD	NITIN SINGH RATHOR	3 BN	TRANSIENTS
10	CT/GD	RATAN KUMAR THAKUR	45 BN	TRANSIENTS
11	CT/DVR	SURENDRA YADAV	45 BN	TRANSIENTS
12	HC/GD	SANJAY KUMAR SINGH	176 BN	TRANSIENTS
13	HC/GD	RAMVAKIL	176 BN	TRANSIENTS
14	CT/BUG	DHARAMCHANDRA	176 BN	TRANSIENTS
15	CT/GD	BELKAR THAKA	176 BN	TRANSIENTS
16	CT/GD	SHYAM BABU	115 BN	TRANSIENTS
17	CT V/GD	AJIT KUMAR AZAD	115 BN	TRANSIENTS
18	CT/GD	PRADEEP SINGH	115 BN	TRANSIENTS
19	HC/GD	SANJAY RAJPOOT	115 BN	TRANSIENTS
20	CT/COOK	KAUSHAL KUMAR RAWAT	115 BN	TRANSIENTS
21	CT/GD	JEET RAM	92 BN	TRANSIENTS
22	CT/HM	AMIT KUMAR	92 BN	TRANSIENTS
23	CT/BUG	BUAY KUMAR MORYA	92 BN	TRANSIENTS
24	CT/GD	KULWINDER SINGH	92 BN	TRANSIENTS
25	HC/GD	VUAY SORENG	82 BN	TRANSIENTS
26	CT/GD	VASHANTA KUMAR V V	82 BN	TRANSIENTS
27	CT/GD	GURU H	82 BN	TRANSIENTS
28	CT/GD	SUBHAM ANIRANG	82 BN	TRANSIENTS
29	CT/GD	G AMAR KUMAR	75 BN	TRANSIENTS
30	CT/OVR	AJAY KUMAR	75 BN	TRANSIENTS
31	CT/WC	MANINDER SINGH	75 BN	TRANSIENTS
32	CT/GD	RAMESH YADAV	61 BN	TRANSIENTS
33	HC/GD	PARSHANA KUMAR SHAD	61 BN	TRANSIENTS
34	HC/GD	HEM RAJ MEENA	61 BN	TRANSIENTS
35	HC/GD	BABLA SHANTRA	35 BN	TRANSIENTS
36	CT/GD	ASHWANI KUMAR KOCHI	35 BN	TRANSIENTS
37	CT/GD	PARDEEP KUMAR	21 BN	TRANSIENTS
38	CT/GD	SUDHIR KUMAR BANSHAL	21 BN	TRANSIENTS
39	CT/GD	RAVINDER SINGH	98 BN	TRANSIENTS
40	HC/GD	M BASHUMATARY	98 BN	TRANSIENTS
41	CT/GD	MAHESH KUMAR	118 BN	TRANSIENTS
42	HC/GD	N L GURJAR	118 BN	TRANSIENTS