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Seven Amarnath pilgrims killed, nine injured in terror attack in JK's Anantnag
JAMMU: In a rare attack on the Amarnath Yatra, terrorists killed seven pilgrims and injured nine others, including policemen, when they struck at a bus carrying them in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantang district. The militants also carried out two attacks on security forces in the area.
- Most of the deceased belonged to Gujarat and Maharashtra
- Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visits hospital to meet he injured
- Sonia Gandhi condemns & expresses grief over Anantnag terror attack
- Terrorist attack on Amarnath yatra is the most reprehensible act: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
- Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath Yatris in J&K, says PM Modi
Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath Yatris in J&K. The attack deserves strongest condemnation from everyone.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 10, 2017
My thoughts are with all those who lost their loved ones in the attack in J&K. My prayers with the injured. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 10, 2017
India will never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks & the evil designs of hate.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 10, 2017
- Bus deflected out of security convoy without informing anyone, later attacked by terrorists
- Pilgrims who lost their lives in Anantnag attack were from Gujarat
Bus, when attacked was without any security cover as it had stopped midway without informing any security official- Top Sources @abpnewstv — Ashish ABP News (@AshishSinghLIVE) July 10, 2017
- Police confirms death of seven Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in terror attack in Anantnag, 15 injured: ANI
- The bus was carrying pilgrims back from Baltal after performing the yatra.
- A CRPF statement said the bus was not part of the official yatra and not registered with the Amarnath Shrine Board.
- "Some gunshots were heard on Jammu-Srinagar Highway near Batengoo, two yatris have been killed, four others sustained injuries," a police source said.
- Senior minister in the Mehbooba Mufti-led government Nayeem Akhtar termed the attack a "dark patch in the history of Kashmir".
- National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was quick to react and said: "The attack cannot be condemned strongly enough."
- Abdullah added that such an attack was expected in spite of recent successes against militants by security forces.
- "The one thing we had all feared this year during the yatra. In spite of recent successes against militants and unprecedented force presence," Omar Abdullah tweeted.
- Reports from the area said the firing took place near Khanabal chowk and the firing was still on.
#WATCH Visuals from Anantnag attack site: 2 Amarnath yatra pilgrims killed, many injured after terrorists attacked their bus in Batingu(J&K) pic.twitter.com/DZORy6DWvE — ANI (@ANI_news) July 10, 2017
- Terrorists also fired at police party in Anantnag's Bantegoo area.
- The Amarnath yatra was resumed from Jammu on Sunday after a day-long suspension due to apprehensions of a law-and-order situation in the Kashmir Valley.
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