J&K: 2 Migrant Labourers from UP Killed in Grenade Attack; Lashkar Member Arrested

New Delhi: Two migrant labourers, originally from Uttar Pradesh, were killed after militants hurled a grenade at them in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, October 18.

These killings come just days after a Kashmiri Pandit was targeted and killed in the same district.

The grenade attack took place in Shopian's Harmen area, injuring two labourers, Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar, both residents of Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj.

They were taken to a hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries, Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet.

Hybrid #terrorist of proscribed #terror outfit LeT Imran Bashir Ganie of Harmen #Shopian who lobbed grenade #arrested by Shopian police. Further #investigation and raids are going on: ADGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/nP8xixR8GG

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) October 17, 2022

A local who is affiliated to the proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was arrested for the attack during a search and cordon operation, Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said in a Twitter post.

The "arrested terrorist was identified as Imran Bashir Ganie from Harmen," he said.

Police categorised the arrested man as a "hybrid terrorist" – a term for unlisted radicalised people who allegedly carry out terror strikes and slip back into their routine lives without leaving any trace.

Further investigation and raids are underway, the ADGP said.

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