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| Attack by militants kills at least seven Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir | Attack by militants kills at least seven Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir |
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| Tourist bus hit by bullets during firefight with police in deadliest attack against Hindu pilgrims in region since 2000 | |
| Michael Safi in Delhi | |
| Mon 10 Jul 2017 19.45 BST | |
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| Seven Hindu pilgrims have died in a firefight between militants and police in Kashmir during a highly sensitive religious procession. | Seven Hindu pilgrims have died in a firefight between militants and police in Kashmir during a highly sensitive religious procession. |
| Six women and one man were killed in Monday evening’s attack in the southern district of Anantnag. It was the deadliest assault on Hindu pilgrims in the majority-Muslim region since 2000, and comes amid heightened religious tensions across northern India and another summer of violence in Kashmir. | Six women and one man were killed in Monday evening’s attack in the southern district of Anantnag. It was the deadliest assault on Hindu pilgrims in the majority-Muslim region since 2000, and comes amid heightened religious tensions across northern India and another summer of violence in Kashmir. |
| The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, tweeted he was “pained beyond words at the dastardly attack” on Hindus participating in the Amarnath Yatra, an annual pilgrimage to a cave shrine near the hill station of Pahalgam. Modi added: | The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, tweeted he was “pained beyond words at the dastardly attack” on Hindus participating in the Amarnath Yatra, an annual pilgrimage to a cave shrine near the hill station of Pahalgam. Modi added: |
| India will never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks & the evil designs of hate. | India will never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks & the evil designs of hate. |
| The pilgrimage, which has grown enormously in popularity since the early 1990s and been a source of tension in the past, went ahead this year despite police intelligence of a planned militant attack. | The pilgrimage, which has grown enormously in popularity since the early 1990s and been a source of tension in the past, went ahead this year despite police intelligence of a planned militant attack. |
| Unprecedented security measures, including surveillance cameras, bulletproof bunkers and phone jammers, had been implemented to protect the estimated 115,000 pilgrims. | Unprecedented security measures, including surveillance cameras, bulletproof bunkers and phone jammers, had been implemented to protect the estimated 115,000 pilgrims. |
| It was suspended on Saturday because of security fears on the one-year anniversary of the killing of Burhan Wani, an anti-India militant whose death triggered weeks of protests and the longest curfew in the history of Indian-controlled Kashmir. | It was suspended on Saturday because of security fears on the one-year anniversary of the killing of Burhan Wani, an anti-India militant whose death triggered weeks of protests and the longest curfew in the history of Indian-controlled Kashmir. |
| Police in Kashmir said the attack began with militants firing on a security bunker and a police checkpoint in Anantnag. “The fire was retaliated. A tourist bus was hit by bullets in which about 18 tourists were injured,” they said in a statement. “Among them six persons died while [the] rest are being treated.” | Police in Kashmir said the attack began with militants firing on a security bunker and a police checkpoint in Anantnag. “The fire was retaliated. A tourist bus was hit by bullets in which about 18 tourists were injured,” they said in a statement. “Among them six persons died while [the] rest are being treated.” |
| One pilgrim taken to a hospital in Anantnag said: “There was a lot of firing. We don’t know what happened. We were going to Katra [in the Jammu region] from Srinagar.” | One pilgrim taken to a hospital in Anantnag said: “There was a lot of firing. We don’t know what happened. We were going to Katra [in the Jammu region] from Srinagar.” |
| A former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, Omar Abdullah, tweeted the attack was “the one thing we had all feared this year”. | A former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, Omar Abdullah, tweeted the attack was “the one thing we had all feared this year”. |
| Very sad news. The attack cannot be condemned strongly enough. My sympathies to the families & prayers for the injured. | Very sad news. The attack cannot be condemned strongly enough. My sympathies to the families & prayers for the injured. |
| The internet has been temporarily suspended in Kashmir but in a sign of the authorities bracing for a backlash, sources in the telecommunications sector told the Guardian the internet would also be temporarily shut down in Jammu, a region in the state with a greater Hindu population. | The internet has been temporarily suspended in Kashmir but in a sign of the authorities bracing for a backlash, sources in the telecommunications sector told the Guardian the internet would also be temporarily shut down in Jammu, a region in the state with a greater Hindu population. |
| An active militancy has raged in the disputed state since around 1989. Separatist groups call for Kashmir to be granted independence from Delhi or to merge with neighbouring Pakistan, which controls a chunk of the state divided from the Indian-run side by a heavily militarised “line of control”. | An active militancy has raged in the disputed state since around 1989. Separatist groups call for Kashmir to be granted independence from Delhi or to merge with neighbouring Pakistan, which controls a chunk of the state divided from the Indian-run side by a heavily militarised “line of control”. |
| An attack on the same pilgrimage in 2000 killed 30 people, most of them Hindus, and was blamed on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. | An attack on the same pilgrimage in 2000 killed 30 people, most of them Hindus, and was blamed on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. |
| Additional reporting by Azhar Farooq in Srinagar | Additional reporting by Azhar Farooq in Srinagar |
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