Three workers killed in J&K militant attack
The attacked GREF camp was three km from the LoC.
SRINAGAR: Three labourers of General Reserve Engin-eering Force (GREF) were on Monday killed at a detachment in Jammu and Kashmir’s Khour, Akhnoor area by gunmen who are believed to have sneaked into the area from across the Line of Control (LoC) around midnight and fled back into PoK after committing the gory act. A report said that a fourth labourer was injured in the shooting.
The pre-dawn raid took place at a GREF camp at Battal which is about three kilometres short of the LoC and all the victims were working as ‘civilian’ labourers with it. There were ten GREF men and their labour force were staying at the detachment when two to three gunmen fired with assault rifles, the police and Army sources said. Chief Minister, Meh-booba Mufti, condemned the attack and said, “No one feels good over the killings. Everyone feels bad [over the killing of GREF labourers].” In Delhi, Union Minister of State at the PMO, Jitender Singh, said that it was now more than evident to the entire world that terrorism in India was actually being perpetrated by Pakistan. He also said that a large number of infiltration bids from across the borders have been made unsuccessful by the security forces.