The terror attack came at a time when a delegation of parliamentarians from the European Union is in Kashmir to talk to locals and ask them about their experience after abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 of the Constitution. Five migrant labourers in Kulgam district of south Kashmir were shot dead by terrorists on Tuesday night. Another labourer was injured and has been shifted to a hospital in Srinagar. 

Clashes also broke out at several places in Kashmir on Tuesday, leaving several persons injured. Official said security personnel along with a flying squad have been deployed in several areas of the city and across the valley, especially in South Kashmir.