Terrorists attacked a group of outside laborers in Gagangir area of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing three laborers while five others were injured. Local officials said that the terrorists started firing on the camp of workers from other states of a private company doing tunnel construction work in Gund area of the district. In this attack, two laborers died on the spot, while two others were injured. The injured have been referred to Srinagar Medical College. It falls in the assembly constituency of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the Ganderbal region.
Local officials said that Army and Jammu and Kashmir soldiers have reached the spot. They have started the work of cordoning off and searching for the terrorists.
CM Abdullah expressed grief
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has expressed grief over the incident. He posted on his social media handle X and wrote that I condemn this cowardly attack on foreign workers, it is sad. They were working on a major infrastructure project in the area. Two laborers have died in this terrorist attack, while two to three others have been injured. I strongly condemn this attack on unarmed innocent people and express my condolences to their loved ones.
Outsiders are constantly being targeted
In recent times, terrorists are carrying out target killing of outsiders in Jammu and Kashmir. The laborers working there are the easiest targets of these incidents. Two days ago, a similar incident was carried out by terrorists, in which a non-Kashmiri youth was shot dead. According to intelligence agencies, the terrorists want to spread fear in the valley by targeting outsiders. Their aim is to sabotage the plan for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. The incidents of target killing have increased since the removal of Article 370.
