6 civilians hurt in terrorists’ grenade attack in J&K

At least six civilians were injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The J&K Police said the attack took place in Bandipora district this morning, in which one woman also sustained injuries. “A few civilians were injured when terrorists lobbed a grenade in the Sumbal bridge area of Bandipora today,” the Jammu and Kashmir Police said initially.

A police official later said the terrorists had tried to target an Army convoy. “At about 10:20 am, terrorists hurled a grenade upon the Army convoy near bus stand Sumbal which missed the target and exploded on road side,” the police official informed.

Security forces were at the site of the attack and a hunt was on to nab the unidentified terrorists. The injured were rushed to the SMHS hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.

On Sunday, a civilian was allegedly killed in cross-firing after terrorists attacked a battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the Union territory’s Shopian district, police said. The incident evoked strong reactions from mainstream political parties in the Kashmir valley, who demanded a probe into it.

This month, at least 11 people have been killed in shootings targeting civilians, mostly non-locals, in Jammu and Kashmir. Recently, Union home minister Amit Shah discussed various security issues, including the recent killing of civilians, in a meeting with state police and central armed police forces chiefs. The overall security situation in the country, including the recent incidents of targeted killings of civilians in Kashmir, were discussed in the meeting.

A report from Pulwama said Shah on Tuesday paid tribute to 40 CRPF jawans killed in the 2019 terror attack, at the memorial in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha also laid a wreath at the memorial, paying tribute to the personnel killed in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack. Earlier on Monday, Shah visited the CRPF camp and interacted with the security personnel at Lethpora in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The attack on the CRPF convoy took place in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on 14 February 2019. A 22-year-old suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus.