State Vision News Service Srinagar, Oct. 20 The terrorists opened fire on the camp that housed labourers of a private firm working on the construction of a tunnel at Gund area in the Ganderbal district. Seven people were shot dead, and five others were injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir s Ganderbal on Sunday. According to officials, while two labourers died on the spot, three others and a doctor later succumbed to their injuries. Five people are currently receiving treatment for their injuries. According to a PTI report, the terrorists opened fire on the camp that housed labourers of a private company working on the construction of a tunnel in the Gund area in the Ganderbal district. Yasmeen Kango, the medical superintendent of Kangan Sub District Hospital, said that one of the deceased was a Kashmiri doctor. The police and army have cordoned off the area to track down the attackers. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said in an X post, Very sad news of a dastardly cowardly attack on non local labourers at Gagangir in Sonamarg region. These people were working on a key infrastructure project in the area. 2 have been killed 2 3 more have been injured in this militant attack.
I strongly condemn this attack on unarmed innocent people send my condolences to their loved ones. The targeted attack in Ganderbal comes days after a bullet riddled body of a labourer hailing from Bihar was recovered in Jammu and Kashmir s Shopian district. The body of Ashok Chauhan was recovered from Wachi area of Zainapora in the south Kashmir district. He was living in Sangam area of Anantnag. One of Chauhan s colleagues said they left their rented room at 7 in the morning and he was with them for about an hour. He got a phone call while we were harvesting corn. He told us that he is going somewhere. When he did not return for Contd. on page 2
