Five people were reported injured in a grenade attack on Sunday in a crowded market near the Tourist Reception Center in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. Security forces and medical teams are present at the spot. The injured have been admitted to SHMS hospital for treatment. The attack, which took place near a heavily guarded tourist reception centre, has spread panic in the area. People are scared. At the same time, security forces have started a search operation to trace the terrorists.
Police and paramilitary forces have been rushed to the spot to shift the injured to hospital and launch a search operation to trace the terrorists, officials said. The explosion spread panic in the area and shopkeepers had to run here and there to hide. Let us tell you, this attack near the tourist reception center happened a day after a top Pakistani commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed. Security forces had killed a top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba in an operation in Khanyar area of Srinagar yesterday.
#WATCH Jammu and Kashmir: Militants hurled grenade at TRC, Sunday market in Srinagar. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/97EGapejDT
— ANI (@ANI) November 3, 2024
Omar Abdullah’s reaction
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has reacted to the attack. He has described this attack as extremely disturbing. He wrote in a post on social media handle Is. There can be no justification for targeting innocent civilians. The security system should make every possible effort to stop this trend of attacks as soon as possible so that people can live their lives without any fear.
The last few days have been dominated by headlines of attacks & encounters in parts of the valley. Today’s news of a grenade attack on innocent shoppers at the ‘Sunday market’ in Srinagar is deeply disturbing. There can be no justification for targeting innocent civilians. The…
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) November 3, 2024
Reacting to the incident, a local man said, ‘This has never happened here before. I don’t know what is going on here for the last few days, even during the peak of terrorism, this never happened.
