People of Kashmir will pursue peace despite militant attacks: Sinha

Srinagar, July 10 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Lt General (rtd) S K Sinha said cowardly and inhuman acts of militants would not deter the people from pursuing their chosen path of peace and tranquility.

He said elements inimical to peace have been indulging in anti-people activities like throwing grenade in busy market places and other areas, jeopardising the safety of the people who have demonstrated their determined preference for peace unequivocally.

Condemning the grenade attack at Kulgam on Saturday, General Sinha expressed grief and shock over the killing of 5 persons in the incident and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families.

During his visit to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura, he inquired about the condition of injured in grenade blast.

SKIMS Director Dr Jalal-ud-Din and the doctors attending on the injured briefed the Governor about the status of those having suffered splinters in the grenade blast and said that they were fast improving.

Gen Sinha visited the former Minister Ms Sakina Ittoo also in the institute who told him that it was the tenth attack by terrorists on her during the past few years.

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