Srinagar: On the occasion of twin anniversaries of Zakura and Tengpora massacres, Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq paid rich tributes to the people who lost their lives in these incidents.
Mirwaiz in his message on social networking site Twitter wrote in Urdu: “Today whole nation and leadership pay tributes to the dozens of Zakura and Tengpora martyrs with moist eyes. The mission of martyrs will be taken to its logical conclusion”. The twin massacres were carried out on March 1, 1990 in Srinagar localities of Zakura and Tengpora Bypass Road in which 33 people were killed and 47 injured.