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The school record of the accused revealed that his birth date was March 10, 2006.
The person accused of lobbing a grenade at the Jammu bus stand, killing two people and injuring more than 30, is a Class IX student who will be turning 13 years old on Sunday, his school certificate shows.
Hours after the grenade blast on Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir Police said that a person from South Kashmir’s Kulgam had been arrested, and that he was tasked by the Hizbul Mujahideen’s Kulgam district commander to carry out the attack.
On Friday, the school record of the accused revealed that his birth date was March 10, 2006. “This is to certify that… is a student of class 9th. His date of birth as per school records is as under 10-3-2006,” reads a certificate issued by the principal of a school in Kulgam district, where the accused is enrolled. The Indian Express accessed a copy of the certificate issued by the school on Friday.
