A civilian was killed and 6 troopers have been injured in a terrorist assault in J&Okay (representational)
New Delhi:
Two troopers have been killed in motion in a terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla as we speak, sources stated. Two porters have been additionally killed within the assault, whereas three others have been injured, sources stated.
The Indian Army’s Chinar Corps in a publish on X confirmed an alternate of fireside occurred between troopers and terrorists within the common space of Baramulla’s Butapathri.
Terrorists first attacked a military car in Butapathri this night. The assault comes hours after a labourer was shot at and injured in Jammu and Kashmir. The injured man was later recognized as Pritam Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
The assault on the military car as we speak was the second within the Union Territory within the final 72 hours.
Three days earlier, six building staff and a physician have been killed after terrorists – no less than two of them – attacked a housing camp for building staff constructing a tunnel. Those killed have been recognized as Dr Shahnawaz from Nayidgam Kashmir’s Budgam and Gurmeet Singh from Punjab’s Gurdaspur, whereas Mohammad Haneef, Faheem Nasir, and Kaleem have been from Bihar.
The sixth and seventh have been Madhya Pradesh’s Anil Shukla and Shashi Abrol from Jammu. The attackers left behind an INSAS rifle.
Omar Abdullah – the newly-elected Chief Minister – known as it a “dastardly and cowardly assault on non-local labourers”. Mr Abdullah stated, “They have been engaged on a key infrastructure challenge. I strongly condemn this assault on unarmed harmless individuals and ship my condolences to their family members.”
The housing camp assault was the worst on civilians in current months, and occurred simply days after Mr Abdullah, whose get together gained the October 8 election, the primary in a decade, took his oath of workplace.
A day after that assault, a newly-formed terror group – known as Tehreek Labaik Ya Muslim – was dismantled following raids throughout a number of districts of the Union Territory.