At least seven people including a doctor from Budgam and five non locals were killed while several other people were injured in a major militant attack in Ganderbal district on Sunday evening.
Official sources told GNS that militants opened fire on a camp, mainly housing labourers and other staff of a private company working at Gagangir area. They were engaged on the construction of a tunnel in the Gund area of the district, they said.
Two labourers died on the spot while five others persons including the doctor succumbed to injuries later. Several others sustained injuries, the officials said, adding that further details are awaited.
The deceased have been identified as Gurmeet Singh resident of Gurdaspur Punjab, Dr Shahnawaz resident of Budgam, Anil Kumar Shukla, Faheem Nazir, Shashi Abrol, Mohd Hanief and Kaleem.
“Terror incident in Gagangeer, Ganderbal. Area cordoned off by security forces,” Kashmir Police Zone said in a post on X.
The attack has been widely condemned with Home Minster Amit Shah saying that the dastardly terror attack on civilians in Gagangir, J&K, was a “despicable act of cowardice”.
