NEW DELHI, June 9: At least 9 people were killed and 33 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday following a suspected terrorist attack.
Initial reports suggested that the bus, carrying pilgrims on their way to the Shiv Khori temple near Vaishno Devi, came under attack in Teryath village in Poni area, the officials said.
The bus was allegedly attacked multiple times and several empty rounds of bullets were also found at the spot. A rescue operation was launched and reinforcements from police, army and paramilitary forces rushed to the spot.
(Manas Dasgupta)
