Houses of three more terrorists demolished in South Kashmir

The residences of three more suspected terrorists were demolished by security personnel in South Kashmir, taking the number of such razed homes to nine since the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, officials said on Sunday.The ongoing action against suspected terrorists has evoked sharp reaction from political leaders in Jammu & Kashmir. While chief minister Omar Abdullah said strong action must be taken against terrorists, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former CM Mehbooba Mufti emphasised the need to distinguish between civilians and terrorists during counterterror operations following the attack that claimed the lives of 26 people,According to officials, three residences of suspected terrorists were razed during the intervening night of April 26-27. The houses of Adnan Shafi Dar in Zainapora area of Shopian, Amir Nazir in Daramdora area of Pulwama, and Jameel Ahmad in Naz Colony area of Bandipora.Officials said that all the terrorists were associated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), with Dar affiliated with its offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF), which has claimed responsibility for the April 22 attack. Ahmad, meanwhile, has been reportedly operating out of Pakistan since 2017.