Srinagar hit by grenade attack on busy shopping street

A high alert sounded ahead of the maiden Assembly session of the J&K Assembly

November 3, 2024

Srinagar grenade attack: At least one dozen civilians injured

One of the busiest streets of Srinagar near the Tourist Reception center was hit by a grenade attack in which at least one dozen civilians received injuries on Sunday.

This is the second incident of terrorist violence in the capital city in the last 24 hours.

A top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Usman Lashkari, was eliminated by the joint team of security forces in the eight-hour-long encounter in the Khanyar area on Saturday.

The last attack in Srinagar was reported in April 2022.

According to reports, the grenade was thrown from a flyover near the Radio Kashmir crossing, targeting shoppers at the Sunday market. All those injured were local Kashmiris.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the attack and said there can be no justification for targeting innocent civilians.

“The last few days have been dominated by headlines of attacks and encounters in parts of the Valley. Today’s news of a grenade attack on innocent shoppers at the ‘Sunday market’ in Srinagar is deeply disturbing. There can be no justification for targeting innocent civilians. The security apparatus must do everything possible to end this spurt of attacks at the earliest so that people can go about their lives without any fear,” the Chief Minister said in a tweet.

High alert in Srinagar

Ahead of the beginning of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly’s maiden session, elaborate security arrangements have been made in and around the assembly complex in Srinagar.

The House will meet after a gap of more than six years on Monday, with the last session held in early 2018, a year before the reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.

The Bharatiya Janta Party also elected Sunil Sharma, BJP MLA from Padder Nagseni Assembly constituency, as leader of the opposition in the presence of central observers of the party.

On the other hand, the Veteran National Conference leader and seven-time MLA from Charar-e-Sharief, Abdul Rahim Rather is likely to become the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

According to the provisional calendar for the session issued by the Assembly Secretariat, the House will elect the speaker in the first sitting on Monday.

According to the calendar for sittings of the House, the speaker’s election on Monday will be followed by the lieutenant governor‘s (LG) address.

Obituary references will be made on November 5 and discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the LG’s address will be taken up on November 6 and 7, it showed.

The reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks will be taken up on November 8, an official spokesperson said.

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