Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 8
At least six migrant workers and a doctor were shot dead in India’s Kashmir region on Sunday night when militants opened fire near a tunnel construction site, officials said, days after a new government was formed in the territory.
The victims of Sunday’s attack were involved in the construction of tunnels meant to provide all-weather connectivity to the militarily strategic Ladakh region, which shares a border with China and Pakistan.
“At least two armed militants barged into the mess of the private construction company and fired at workers who were dining,” said a senior police officer who did not want to be named.
Six workers and a doctor working for the company were killed and five other people were injured in the attack, he said.
The Resistance Front (TRF), which Indian authorities believe is an offshoot of Pakistani Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement circulating on social media.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the authenticity of the statement.
Kashmir is claimed in full but ruled in part by both India and Pakistan, and militants in the portion under India’s control have for decades fought security forces, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people.
Source: Reuters, Srinagar
