Villagers of the border hamlet of Sangiote in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district did not celebrate Eid with much enthusiasm on Saturday as they grieved the killing of five Indian soldiers when an Army truck carrying material for a scheduled Iftar was ambushed by terrorists. Sangiote has a population of more than 3,500 and over 60 per cent of the men are ex-servicemen.

“We have not celebrated Eid with any pomp and show. We just offered prayers. The people are saddened by the death of jawans,” Sangiote Sarpanch Mukhtiar Khan told media. Khan condemned the terrorist attack and said the entire village decided to have a muted Eid by offering only prayers.