Terror Strikes Punjab…
India was jolted awake to the news of terror attack in Punjab’s Gurdaspur area.
According to reports, the violent attack started by 5 AM. The terrorists firstly opened fire on a bus, in which many passengers were injured.
Later their next targets were health center and police station. Reportedly, terrorists entered from Pathankot.
They were dressed in disguise and launched an attacked at Dina Nagar police station. In the attack, least 5 people were killed, including a cop on duty and leaving many others seriously injured.
Also major blasts were averted as five live bombs were found no Amritsar- Pathankot railway tracks. Indian army immediately reached on the terror spot to control the situation and the whole area has been condoned off.
Below are some tweets by politicians on the terror attacks.
We strongly condemn cowardly attack on innocent ppl in Punjab. We are with the people of Punjab and hope that culprits wud soon be nabbed
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 27, 2015
Spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Shri Prakash Singh Badal who apprised me of the developing situation in Gurudaspur.
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 27, 2015
Will be very interested to see what emerges about the identity of the terrorists involved in the Gurdaspur attack this morning 1/2
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 27, 2015
The timing of the attack, methodology & location are all eerily similar to attacks in the border belt of Jammu 2/2
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 27, 2015
Source: Indian Express and Times of India.
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