Another IED blast rocks Rajouri after Sunday’s terrorist attack, one child dead, five persons injured
| 02-Jan-2023 |
After Sunday’s dastardly terrorist attack in Dangri village of Rajouri in which 4 civilians were brutally killed and 6 were injured in indiscriminate firing of terrorists, another IED blast has been reported from the same spot on Monday morning wherein a child has lost his life and five civilians got injured.
A blast occurred near the house of victim of yesterday's firing incident in Rajouri's Upper Dangri village. One child has succumbed to injuries. Five person injured, one critical. Another suspected IED was spotted which is being cleared: ADGP Mukesh Singh
While manhunt has been launched to nab the terrorists who fled away after committing the crime on Sunday night and security forces are on the job.
As per the eyewitnesses, two armed terrorists appeared at Upper Dangri from surrounding forest area at around 7 pm and targeted three houses of Hindus by raining bullets indiscriminately. Firing continued for 10 minutes after which the terrorists fled from the spot.
Three persons died on the spot and seven others were injured. Another injured later succumbed to the injured while airlifted from Rajouri to Jammu.
ADGP Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh said that police along with Army and CRPF have launched a massive search operation to nab the terrorists. He added that Firing took place at three houses, separated at a distance of around 50 meters from each other.
Meanwhile, a bandh calm has been given for Monday in Rajouri by Sanatan Dharam Sabha and other organisations and people are protesting against the failure of administration in preventing such heinous attacks.