Lal Chowk militancy incident not a 'fidayeen' attack: Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today refused to term the latest militancy incident at Lal Chowk as a suicide attack saying it was just a confrontation between the security forces and militants on the run.
   
"It (Yesterday's Lal Chowk incident) was not a fidayeen (suicide) attack. Fidayeen attack means a suicidal attack on a high value target. It was a simple encounter between running away militants and the security forces", Omar said in an official statement here tonight.
       
The media too should be careful in its choice of words while reporting such developments, he said.
   
The chief minister also said that the lowest rate of human rights violations in the state in the last 20 years and considerable reduction in militancy related incidents were the two most major achievements of the first year of his tenure.