7 Amarnath pilgrims were killed while twelve including three policemen were injured after militants attacked a travellers bus and a police party in Anantnag along the Jammu-Srinagar Highway in south Kashmir. One of those injured is in a critical state.
IGP Munir Khan confirmed the toll and said 12 others including security men were injured in the attack.
Internet services in Kashmir have been blocked after the attack.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack tweeted, “Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath Yatris in Jammu and Kashmir” but “India will never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks and the evil designs of hate”.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley termed the terrorist attack on Amarnath Yatra as “the most reprehensible act”
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