Jammu, March 11 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday labelled the attack against his father, National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah, as an assassination attempt, and questioned how the attacker managed to get so close despite the former CM being under Z+ security cover by the National Security Guard (NSG).

Raising concerns over the attack, the Jammu and Kashmir CM said that Farooq Abdullah had a very close shave after a man with a loaded pistol attempted to shoot him at a marriage party in Jammu's Royal Park in the Greater Kailash area, with the close protection team deflecting the shot and foiling the assassination attempt.

"Allah is kind. My father had a very close shave. The details are sketchy at th...