Seven Amarnath pilgrims killed as militants fire: Police
Team Udayavani, Jul 11, 2017, 10:21 AM IST
Srinagar : Seven Amarnath pilgrims, five of them women, were killed in a militant attack in Anantnag, the police said
At 8.20 pm on Monday, the militants attacked an armoured car of the police, an official said. When the police fired back, the militants fled, firing indiscriminately, the official added. A bus carrying yatris was on the highway when the incident occurred
“In the firing by militants, seven people, five of them women, were killed, and another seven injured,” the official said. The bus had come from Sonamarg. The pilgrims were on their way back after visiting the Amarnath shrine
The police claimed the bus driver had violated rules for the pilgrimage, which state that no yatra vehicle should be on a highway after 7 pm.
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