At the least 12 civilians have been injured in a grenade assault that came about in Jammu and Kashmir’s capital Srinagar on Sunday. The injured have been shifted to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital (SMHS).
The blast occurred on the Sunday market close to the Vacationer Reception Centre in Srinagar. The explosion brought about panic within the space and despatched buyers scrambling for canopy.
“The injured embody eight males and one girl. All are to this point secure, ” mentioned medical superintendent of SMHS, Dr Tasneem Showkat.
Police and paramilitary forces have been rushed to the spot to evacuate the injured and launch a search operation to trace the terrorists.
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah condemned the incident, calling it “deeply disturbing.”
“The previous couple of days have been dominated by headlines of assaults & encounters in components of the valley. In the present day’s information of a grenade assault on harmless buyers on the ‘Sunday market’ in Srinagar is deeply disturbing. There may be no justification for concentrating on harmless civilians. The safety equipment should do every thing attainable to finish this spurt of assaults on the earliest so that individuals can go about their lives with none concern,” Abdullah posted on X.
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The grenade assault comes a day after a high Pakistani terrorist affiliated to Lashkar-e-Toiba was gunned down by safety forces in Srinagar.
“Safety forces have killed a terrorist, who has been recognized as Usman…, he was the commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and 4 safety personnel have been injured. He’s a overseas terrorist and his position and involvement within the homicide of Inspector Masroor has come to gentle and additional investigation is being achieved on this regard,” inspector common of police (IGP) VK Birdi advised ANI.
Usman was additionally the right-hand man of Sajad Gul, the TRF commander primarily based in Pakistan. The Resistance Entrance (TRF) is believed to be a shadow outfit of the LeT.
Jammu and Kashmir witnessed two encounters on Saturday, one in Srinagar’s Khanyar and one other at Halkan Gali in Anantnag. Whereas Lashkar commander Usman was killed in a Srinagar encounter, two terrorists have been neutralised within the Anantnag gunbattle.
This was the primary encounter in Srinagar in additional than two years. The final one came about in September 2022 at Nowgam. Two native terrorists of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) have been killed in that encounter.
