Srinagar, It was a day of
terror in Kashmir as 21 people, including eight army men, were killed and at
least 10 injured Friday in a string of brazen militant strikes, days ahead of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally here for the staggered assembly elections.
Heavily
armed militants attacked an army camp and a police checkpost, besides hurling a
grenade at a posse of security personnel at three places. A smoke grenade also
went off at a fourth place.
Modi is
to address an election rally in Srinagar Monday. The state is in the midst of
the five-phase assembly elections, with the next phase scheduled for Dec 9. The
polls began Nov 25 and end Dec 20, with the vote count to be held Dec 23.
The
initial two rounds of balloting in the violence-ridden state have seen heavy
voter turnout, which has been described as a victory for democracy and the
people’s answer to militants’ bullets. The terrorists have struck four days
ahead of the third round of voting.
Modi
condemned the attacks as “desperate attempts” to sabotage the polls. “Attacks
in Jammu and Kashmir are condemnable. They are desperate attempts to derail the
atmosphere of hope and goodwill as seen by increased voter turnout,” he
tweeted.
Home
Minister Rajnath Singh slammed Pakistan for the serial terror attacks and
demanded that it should stop these incidents.
The
home minister told in New Delhi that Pakistan gives shelter to terrorists and
its result is violence in the Kashmir Valley.
“Pakistan
gives shelter to terrorists, it should answer for that,” he said. “If Pakistan
can’t stop these incidents, they should speak to India about it.”
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the terror attacks Friday “once again show the desperate levels militants will go to to disrupt peace and normalcy” He described it as “a terrible day” and said in a tweet: “Four attacks and a number of deaths – security forces & innocent civilians killed in the valley today.” Eight army men, including a senior officer, and three policemen were killed Friday battling a group of heavily armed militants who mounted an audacious attack on the army camp in Baramulla district. All the six rebels were killed.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the terror attacks Friday “once again show the desperate levels militants will go to to disrupt peace and normalcy” He described it as “a terrible day” and said in a tweet: “Four attacks and a number of deaths – security forces & innocent civilians killed in the valley today.” Eight army men, including a senior officer, and three policemen were killed Friday battling a group of heavily armed militants who mounted an audacious attack on the army camp in Baramulla district. All the six rebels were killed.
Lt.Col.
Sankalp Kumar and a junior commissioned officer were among the soldiers killed
in the pre-dawn terror attack at the army’s Field Ordnance Camp located at
Mohra, near the border town of Uri. The
group of militants sneaked close to the army camp and struck at 3 a.m., but
they met with stiff resistance at the camp’s main gate.
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