Governors of West Bengal and Meghalaya condemn killing of 5 labourers

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhare expressed his pain and sadness over the killing of five labourers from the Murshidabad town by unknown militants in Jammu and Kashmir. The governor also appealed the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress government and various NGOs to provide help and support to the families of the deceased.

According to the police, the terrorists had shot dead five labourers and one labour was left injured in the Kulgam area on Tuesday.

The West Bengal governor also took to Twitter to condemn the attack

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The Governor of Meghalaya Tathagata Roy also expressed his agony over the attack. He also went on to state that the guns and grenades in the Kashmir valley are being brought in by Pakistanis.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had also taken to Twitter to express her shock and sadness over the incident that happened in the valley

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The sixth attack in past 2 weeks 

On October 29, the terrorists had killed five non-local labourers and had left one wounded in South Kashmir's Kulgam region. This is a sixth attack by the militants in the past two weeks. The bodies of the non-Kashmiris have been recovered and the injured from West Bengal has been taken to Srinagar for further treatment.  

This is the first incident emerging from Kulgam, as Pakistan backed terror outfits are trying to disrupt peace in the valley and also making an attempt to affect the Kashmiri economy by attacking apple traders in Kashmir. The rise in terror attacks comes amid the visit of European Union MPs in Kashmir. 

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(With inputs from ANI)