Two Non-Local Labourers Shot At By Terrorists In Jammu And Kashmir's Budgam District

Jammu And Kashmir: At least two non-local labourers were shot at by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Friday. Army has launched a security operation and a search process to nab the terrorists.

Sufiyan and Usman were injured after being shot at in the Mazhama area of Magam in the central Kashmir district, they said.

They were taken to a hospital and were stated to be in stable condition, the officials added.

This is the fifth attack by terrorists in the Kashmir Valley since the formation of an elected government headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

On October 24, two soldiers and two Army porters were killed while another porter and a soldier were injured in a militant attack on an Army vehicle six kilometres from the tourist hotspot Gulmarg.

Earlier that day, terrorists shot at and injured Shubam Kumar, a labourer from Uttar Pradesh, in the Tral area of Pulwama district.

On October 20, a local doctor and six non-local labourers were gunned down by terrorists at a tunnel construction site in the Gagangir area of Ganderbal. A labourer from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian district on October 18.

Pakistani terrorists targeting locals in Kashmir 

Last week, a defence spokesman had said that Pakistani terrorists are deliberately targeting locals to evoke fear and terror in Kashmir. His statement came a day after four persons including two army jawans were killed in a terror attack in the Gulmarg area of Jammu and Kashmir.

Of the four deceased, three -- a soldier and the two civilians working as porters for the Army -- were local Kashmiri Muslims.

In a statement, Srinagar-based Defence PRO said Pakistani terrorists, with a view to disrupt peace and stability in Kashmir, cowardly targeted an Army column which was carrying soldiers and local porters.

It is evident that Pakistani terrorists are deliberately targeting Kashmiri locals to evoke the fear and terror in Valley which is progressing towards peace and stability, the PRO said. "The only ideology these terrorists espouse is of 'the reign of terror in valley'." The Army remains committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing.

With inputs from PTI