This was the fourth terrorist attack on migrant workers in the Kashmir Valley in the last two weeks
New Delhi:
Two migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh were shot at in Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir today, police said. Both were taken to a hospital, where doctors said they were out of danger. This was the fourth attack on migrant workers in the Kashmir Valley in the past two weeks.
The two injured in today's attack have been identified as Usman Malik, 20, and Sofiyan, 25.
The deadliest attack took place on October 20 when terrorists shot dead seven people, including a local doctor and two workers from Bihar, at a tunnel construction site in Ganderbal district.
Of the two terrorists involved, one was identified as a local man from Kulgam in south Kashmir, who had joined a terrorist group in 2023, while the other is believed to be from Pakistan.
Similarly, the terrorists involved in Thursday's incident at Bota Pathri in Gulmarg region are believed to have been holed up in the higher reaches of Afrawat since early August, news agency PTI reported. Two soldiers were killed during the action and two porters were also killed.
