Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam area late on Thursday. BJP Yuva Morcha general secretary Fida Hussain Yatoo was among the three people killed in the attack.
Preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists fired upon three BJP workers identified as Fida Hussain Yatoo, BJP youth wing general secretary, and party workers Umer Rashid Beigh, Umer Ramzan Hajam at Eidgah YK Pora area. They were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, but declared brought dead, the police said.
BJP condemns attack
The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit described the attack as ‘barbaric’ and said that those involved in the attack will not be spared.
Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed several attacks on BJP leaders, workers in the recent past. BJP leader Sheikh Waseem Bari, who was the former district president of the party, and two of his family members were killed by terrorists in Bandipora district.
