Women Lashkar terrorists to provoke violent protests in J&K

Srinagar: The Army In Jammu and Kashmir has issued a statement warning that it expects terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to use street protests to provoke violence that targets security forces.

The army's statement specifies:

"It has come to the notice of the Intelligence Agencies, through various inputs received, that terrorists belonging to LeT are likely to intermingle with the protestors in various protests being carried out.  As per the inputs received, the operatives of LeT have sought permission from their handler across the border to intermingle with the protestors and lob grenades or explode IEDs during the protests with the aim of creating large scale casualties and inciting the protestors to resort to violence.  These are likely to be carried out in close proximity of Security Forces camps and posts so as to ensure that the violence is diverted against these, resulting in retaliation by the security forces.  This is likely to set in motion a chain of events leading to high rate of casualties.  

It has also been revealed that even highly trained women terrorists, who are experts in handling of explosives are likely to be at the forefront of this new strategy aimed at upping the ante by exponentially increasing the intensity of the violence and consequently the number of casualties.  The local operatives and OGWs have also been instructed to motivate the economically weaker sections of the populace including women to form part of the protests."