SOURCE: TIMES NOW
Another low in Pakistan sponsored terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Ambulance -that are meant to be a lifeline for the people are now being misused by terrorists to take away the lives of people in Kashmir valley.
This dirty modus operandi of Pakistan proxies came to light recently during the investigation of the Pandach terror attack, in which two BSF personnel were martyred.
Terror outfit, Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK), that was involved in this gruesome attack on security forces had used an ambulance to ferry terrorists from one place to other to launch terror strike.
Investigations revealed that on May 20, ISJK operatives preferred ambulance as a new mode of transportation for their terror-related activity.
How after shoot out ambulance helped terrorist flee?
To checkmate security agencies, the ambulance (JK01AD 0915) was used to ferry terrorists along with weapons from Bijbehara area in South Kashmir to Pandach area – 17 km from Srinagar city. On reaching Srinagar, these terrorists were provided motorbike and a scooty, arranged by their overground operatives to target BSF personnel deployed in that area.
Motor-cycle borne terrorists fired upon the BSF jawans at a picket in Pandach area. Two BSF personnel sustained bullet injuries on their forehead and died on the spot.
After committing crime these motorcycle-borne terrorists fled from the spot and once again boarded ambulance (this time another one numbering: JK01AF 9417) to flee back to their safe hideout in Bijbehara area.
“The terrorists were able to get through a security nakas by telling them that they were taking the patient to a nearby hospital,’’ explained one of the police officers. This way without any hindrance this ambulance carrying terrorists managed to cross different naka points en route.
“The reason is obvious. As terrorists were travelling in ambulance none of the security force personnel deployed on way could have any inkling of an ambulance being used for terror attacks,’’ senior police officer added.
The lid was blown off this dirty sinister plot during questioning of five ISJK operatives, who during different raids were arrested by J&K Police a few days back. During questioning, these operatives disclosed before probing sleuths that how the ambulance was used to help terrorists reach their destination. All the five accused played an important role in transportation, logistics, planning and executing of a terror attack.
Police have also seized motorbike (JK01AH2989) and scooty (JK01V 8288) that were used to carry out the attack and escape after looting of weapons from the martyred BSF jawans of 37 battalions.
A month later, two terrorists of ISJK who were involved in the attack were eliminated in two separate encounters at Zadibal, Srinagar and Hatigam, Bijbehara area. Looted weapons of BSF jawans were also recovered from slain ultras.
An ambulance was also used in the past for transporting arms
There are inputs that in the early 90s, when terrorism raised its ugly head in Kashmir Valley on several occasion, terrorists used ambulance of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) – that was then a safe haven for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terrorists – for carrying arms and ammunition from one safe hideout to other.
An ambulance also used by the Taliban for a suicide bombing in Kabul
In 2018, the Taliban in Afghanistan had used ambulance bomb killing 95 people and injuring 138 others in Chicken street area of Kabul. That time attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint in a secure zone, home to government offices and foreign embassies.
Terrorists were able to get through the security checkpoint after telling police that they were taking the patient to nearby Jamuhriat hospital. On crossing first checkpoint terrorist detonated IED killing more than 90 people.
