3 injured in Knife attack?
On Sunday, three youths were injured in a knife attack incident at an election rally of the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.
The incident happened when the NC chief and former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah was present with the party candidate.
"There was an election rally by NC in Mendhar area of Poonch district in which NC president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, and party candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, Mian Altaf Ahmad were also present.
A fight took place between two groups at the rally.
In the incident, three youths sustained knife injuries," said officials.
"The injured were shifted to a government medical college hospital in Rajouri town for better treatment.
Doctors have described the condition of one of the injured identified as Suhail Ahmad of Mendhar as serious.
The other two injured youths admitted to the hospital have been identified as Yasir Ahmad and Imran Ahmad," the officials further said.
These two injured youths -- Yasir Ahmad and Imran Ahmad -- fled from the hospital. The officials said, "They fled the hospitals without any reason."
A case has been filed in this incident and police have started an investigation.
"No arrests have been made so far in his incident," the officials said.
Meanwhile, people started protests against the incident in Mendhar Chowk and police were trying to neutralise the protesters.
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