Five people were killed and over 50 injured in a car bomb blast in Srinagar today.

This was the fourth terror attack in Srinagar the last three days.

It came at a time when the most prominent leaders from the Kashmir valley were debating peace for their state at the Hindustan Times leadership summit.

Statement of strength

The attack was another statement from the militants that they have not been weakened after the earthquake that struck on October 8.

"Militants try to carry out attacks in Srinagar city so that they attract media attention and also to project that they are capable of doing high profile actions in cities," said Gopal Sharma, DGP, Jammu & Kashmir.

"We have our standard procedures and we are re-activising if any thing further is needed. Our sources are re-activised and we will take action against them,'' he added.

Call to end violence

But political leaders, including National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, agreed that violence has to end.

However, they also asserted that the peace process in the valley can not wait for guns to fall silent.

But it's clear that the increased violence graph of the past 10 days has the government worried on what impact it will have on the peace process as relief centres get set to open along the Line of Control.

The Kashmir panel was united in the belief that the peace process was moving far too slowly.

For the first time, the Hurriyat chairman went on record to say he was open to contesting elections for the creation of a group from both sides of the LoC that would then decide the fate of Kashmir.