Pakistan-based terror groups may target Security Forces (SF) and government installations in Jammu and Kashmir, more particularly in Srinagar (Srinagar District) in the coming days to create a prolonged hostage-like situation to draw international attention, according to intelligence inputs, Daily Excelsior reports on October 30. Quoting the inputs, officials said the information has also indicated about plans of terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) to target SF personnel in the general areas of Zonakar, Rainawari, Safakadal and Dharamshal in Srinagar District. Likelihood of grenade attacks on SFs in a district headquarters town to create fear psychosis and threaten civilian authorities outside the Mini secretariat in another district have also been reported. According to the inputs, one of the airfields — Awantipora, Srinagar or Rangreth in the Kashmir valley — could be targets of possible attacks by some foreign terrorists. Terrorist outfits have been using posters in various parts of the Kashmir valley to disseminate threat messages to scare shopkeepers against defying call for a shutdown. The HM has warned fruit traders, truck drivers, Government and bank officials of dire consequences if the call for shutdown was not adhered to, an unnamed official said.