Vicious circle of violence must stop now: Farooq, Omar

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 14: National Conference (NC) president and Member of Parliament (MP) from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah today said that the vicious circle of violence must stop now.
They said this while unequivocally condemning the ghastly killing of a 2-year-old child in a grenade attack on BJP leader Jasbir Singh’s house in Rajouri. Expressing sympathies with the bereaved, Dr Farooq said, “I condemn the attack in strongest possible terms.  I express my unison with the bereaved family and pray fast recovery to all the others who have sustained injuries in this despicable act of violence”.
While denouncing the attack Omar Abdullah said, “I condemn the heinous and despicable act that shows contempt for innocent lives. The perpetrators of the attack must be held accountable and be brought to justice,” he said.
Meanwhile, Party general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustufa Kamal, provincial president Jammu Devender Singh Rana, senior leaders Sajad Ahmed Kitchloo, Khalid Najeeb Suharwardy, Javed Rana, Aijaz Jan and others also condemned the attack.