Epigraph:
Every human life is precious and sacred; killing an innocent person is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33)
Source: BBC
At least 40 Indian paramilitary police have been killed in a bomb attack by militants on their convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Police told the BBC that a car filled with explosives had rammed a bus carrying the troops to Srinagar.
Pakistan-based Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammad said it was behind the attack.
It is the deadliest militant attack on Indian forces in Kashmir since the insurgency against Indian rule began in 1989.
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India has called for international sanctions against Jaish-e-Mohammad’s leader, Masood Azhar.
Pakistan said the attack was a matter of “grave concern” but rejected suggestions that it was responsible for it.
Both India and Pakistan claim all of Muslim-majority Kashmir but only control parts of it.
What happened?
The blast took place on the heavily guarded Srinagar-Jammu highway about 20km (12 miles) from the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir, Srinagar.
Indian media reports said that at about 15:15 local time (09:45 GMT) a car carrying between 300 and 350kg (660-770lb) of explosives struck a convoy of about 70 vehicles that was carrying about 2,500 troops to the Kashmir Valley.
“A car overtook the convoy and rammed into a bus with 44 personnel on board,” a senior police official told BBC Urdu’s Riyaz Masroor.
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Oh, very sad 😔