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Jammu Grenade Attack: Accused Will Be Turning 13, Say School Records; Family Claims He Left ‘To Visit Maternal Uncle’
A briefing by the Jammu and Kashmir police. (@mehranlone1/Twitter)
The person accused of throwing a grenade at the crowded bus station in Jammu which killed two people and injured more than 30 is a Class 9 student who is about to turn 13 on Sunday, his school certificate states.
A few hours after the attack, Jammu and Kashmir police said they arrested a person from South Kashmir’s Kulgam and that he was tasked by the Hizbul Mujahideen’s Kulgam district commander to carry out the attack.
“This is to certify that… is a student of class 9th. His date of birth as per school records is as under 10-3-2006,” said a school statement issued by the school’s principal in Kulgam district, where the accused is enrolled, reported Indian Express.
IGP Jammu M K Sinha along with senior police officers had presented the accused before the media, in a press conference, and revealed all his details. The family members of the accused claim that he had left home on 5 March (Tuesday) afternoon to visit his maternal uncle.
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