Former Jammu and Kashmir home minister and National Conference candidate from Udhampur, Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy, had a narrow escape when terrorists hurled a grenade and opened fire on his rally on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 52. The militants, who had positioned themselves on a mountain, hurled a grenade on the activists in Bagwa village, 15 km from Doda town at around 1.10 pm, official sources said.
| "He's on the high ground, here's the wind-up, and the pitch!" |
The grenade exploded just 50 metres away from where Suharwardy was delivering a speech, they said, adding that two people were killed on the spot.
| Missed him by 50 meters, that was a close one. Well, by islamic grenade tossing standards, you'd think as well as they do at cricket they'd do better. |
| Maybe they should import their grenade tossers from Cuba. |
The grenade attack was followed by firing by militants even as security personnel whisked away the NC candidate to a safer place. Security personnel retaliated and the firing exchange continued for a brief period, they said, adding that 52 people were injured in the attack. The eight seriously injured were airlifted to Medical College Hospital in Jammu. Other injured in the attack are in Doda district hospital. Senior officials rushed to the spot while a search operation has been launched to track down the militants, they said. |