Hours after a youth was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based Army’s 15 corps Lieutenant General AK Bhatt on Friday confirmed that it was a terrorist attack, as reported by news agency ANI.
Bhatt slammed the terrorists saying they neither have a religion nor any values.
Speaking to ANI, Bhatt said, “These terrorists have no religion, no values. They have killed a young boy. The reason of the terrorist attack is still unknown. But definitely, it’s a terrorist attack. We condemn it.”
Terrorists had on Thursday night abducted and later killed the youth.
The victim identifid as Nadeem Manzoor was a resident of Safanagri area Shopian district of south Kashmir.
“Manzoor’s bullet-riddled body was retrieved by police from Niklora Pulwama,” PTI quoted an official as saying.
Police have registered a case and an investigation has been initiated.
The body was recovered in a village in Pulwama on Friday.
Source: Zee News