Sopore | A terrorist attacked killed 4 people, including a 2-year old toddler in the house of a fruit trader in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore district.
They were allegedly attacked for defying their warnings to shut shop to protest centre’s move to end special status to the state under Article 370, police said.
Police said that the terrorists barged into Hamidullah Rather’s house at Dangerpura in the north Kashmir district as they were upset that he ran his business despite warnings. The injured have been shifted to the hospital and their condition is stated to be stable, police said.
But the condition of the two-year-old girl remains critical, news agency ANI reported.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has asked authorities to bring the girl to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, ANI reported.
Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary has said that relief operation are underway.
Baby Asma of 30 months is among the injured in militant attack on fruits merchants in Sopore. She didn’t deserve this. We’ve put in all efforts to get an air ambulance ASAP to take her Delhi for advanced medical attention. Prayers are requested.
— Shahid Choudhary (@listenshahid) September 7, 2019
According to some officials, Pakistan is trying to increase the terrorist activity in Kashmir.
Last month, two terrorists with links to Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba were caught near the Line of Control in Boniyar sector of Baramulla district.
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