Terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims In Jammu And Kashmir's Anantnag

Terrorists opened fire on a bus with the pilgrims who were returning after visiting the holy shrine that is located in a narrow gorge at the end of a valley

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said in a statement -This is an assault on our values and traditions which we hold dear We will leave no stone un turned to root out the perpetrators of this heinous crime She visited the injured at a hospital in Anantnag.

Jammu and Kashmir's inspector general of police Muneer Khan to ANI

this attack was carried out by the Lashkar e Toiba and was master minded by a Pakistani terrorist Ismail, Police sources said that it had violated the rules of the pilgrimage which bans buses from travelling on highway after 7 pm for security reasons the bus was not given the customary police protection because it was not in a part of official tour..

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted

Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath Yatris in J&K The attack deserves strongest condemnation from everyone India will never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks and the evil designs of hate.
Police sources said that it had violated the rules of the pilgrimage which bans buses from travelling on highway after 7 pm for security reasons the bus was not given the customary police protection because it was not in a part of official tour..

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