SRINAGAR : A high alert has been sounded in Jammu after militants on Thursday lobbed a grenade in city’s business bus stand. As per reports, security forces across the city have been put on high alert.
After the killing of another injured, the death toll has reached to 2. On Thursday, the attack left one person dead and other 32 people were seriously injured. All the injured have been treated at the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital, Jammu.
Meanwhile, a power circuit of IED has also been recovered from the Jammu airport after which the bomb squad has been called to the airport.
On Friday morning, Mohammad Riyaz, a 32-year-old Kashmiri man also succumbed to his injuries. Mohammad Sharik, a teenager from Uttarakhand was killed on Thursday when a powerful blast rocked the crowded general bus stand around.
Within hours of the incident, police arrested the accused and said he was tasked by militant Hizbul Mujahideen to carry out the attack. The police arrested one Yasir Bhatt, who allegedly threw the grenade at the bus stand, just a few hours after the attack.
The attack comes after a suicide bomber in Pulwama blew up a CRPF bus and killed more than 40 men. Later, the JeM took the responsibility of the attack. (PTK)
