At least nine people were killed and 33 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a deep gorge after a suspected militant attack in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. - REUTERS
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00:00 Two militants fired at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in the Indian federal territory of
00:07 Jammu and Kashmir, local police said on Monday. The bus plunged into a deep gorge as a result
00:13 of Sunday's attack, leaving those on board either dead or wounded.
00:18 Ajay Gupta is one of the survivors.
00:20 "Our bus fell into the gorge due to the shooting. After tumbling down five to six times, the
00:28 bus got stuck on a large rock. Everyone was injured in the fall. Passengers were lying
00:33 here and there, some unconscious and some thrown out of the bus. Even after the fall,
00:42 the firing continued for 10 to 15 minutes."
00:49 Investigators were seen gathering evidence at the wreckage site, while the nearby forested
00:53 area was heavily guarded by security. The Himalayan region, which is also claimed by
00:59 Pakistan, has been rocked by militant violence since the start of an anti-Indian insurgency
01:05 in 1989. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, although the violence has reduced
01:11 in recent years.
01:12 The last major attack on Hindu pilgrims in the region happened in 2017, when a bus was
01:18 targeted, killing eight people.
01:23 Ajay's incident came a day after a local police chief said the number of militants
01:27 in the territory was dropping, but 70 to 80 foreign militants remained active.
01:32 The injured were moved to nearby hospitals and a search for the attackers is underway,
01:37 police said in a statement.
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