Terrorists opened fire at a camp housing workers of a private company who were building a tunnel.
The army and police have cordoned off the area. (Representational)
Six construction workers and a doctor were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district last night. The terrorists opened fire on a camp housing workers of a private company who were building a tunnel.
The army and police have cordoned off the area, and a hunt is on to find the terrorists.
At least two terrorists opened fire at locals and non-locals at a campsite.
The six victims have been identified as the residents of Nayidgam, Kashmir’s Budgam, Dr Shahnawaz, Gurmeet Singh from Punjab’s Gurdaspur, Mohammad Haneef and Faheem Nasir, a safety manager from Bihar, Kaleem, and from Madhya Pradesh, a mechanical manager Anil Kumar Shukla, and a designer Shashi Abrol of Jammu.
The attackers left behind an INSAS rifle. Two company vehicles were burnt in the attack. Police have stopped media from reaching the site of the attack.
Journalists were not allowed to move beyond Manigam, 50 km from the attack site, because of the continuing search operation, the police said.
Newly-elected Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, called it a “dastardly and cowardly attack on non-local laborers.”
He said, “These people were working on a key infrastructure project in the area. Two have been killed, and 2-3 more have been injured in this militant attack. I strongly condemn this attack on unarmed innocent people and send my condolences to their loved ones.”
