A massive search operation was underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district as security forces launched a manhunt for those involved in Sunday’s terror attack.

The development comes a day after a doctor and six laborers were killed on Sunday when terrorists struck a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.

Sunday’s victims included a Kashmiri doctor and six people employed by a construction company who had returned to their camp in the evening. Among the six were three workers, a manager, a mechanical engineer and a designer.

The Resistance Front (TRF) claimed responsibility for the attack.

Senior police and army officials are on site to take stock of the situation and the manhunt.

According to the injured, two terrorists were involved in the attack. The five injured are currently being treated at SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar.

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is also expected to visit the incident site.

The authorities are trying to identify the attackers and the search is ongoing.

“We have no local activists listed in the area. The attackers could be foreigners,” said an officer.

J&K CM Omar Abdullah condemned the terror attack in the district on Sunday.

“Very sad news of a despicable and cowardly attack on non-local workers in Gagangir, Sonamarg region. These individuals were working on a key infrastructure project in the region. 2 were killed and 2-3 others were injured in this militant attack. I strongly condemn this attack on unarmed innocent people and extend my condolences to their loved ones,” Abdullah said in a post on X.