SRINAGAR: Seven Amarnath pilgrims, five of them women, were killed in a militant attack in Anantnag, the police said.
At 8.20 pm today, 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. (AGENCIES)
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