Pilgrim bus ambushed, nine people lost their lives and more than 20 are injured

An armed attack on a pilgrim bus in the Kashmir region, Indiaresulted in the death of nine people and left 23 injured. He accident It took place on Saturday, just an hour before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for his third term in New Delhi.

He stroke It occurred near the town of Reasi, in the south of Cashmerewhen the bus He was returning from a Hindu shrine. According to Mohita Sharma, a police officer, the militants they ambushed the vehicleshooting and causing the driver to lose control and fall down a ravine.

The Kashmir region is a territory disputed between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947. This dispute has been the cause of two of the three wars between the two countries. Kashmir has suffered more than three decades of unrest, with tens of thousands of dead. India accuses Pakistan of supporting separatists, something Pakistan strongly denies.

Since 2019, the separatist uprising in the Indian part of Cashmere It has been largely controlled, although it still has the support of some young people.

Currently, more than half a million Indian soldiers are deployed in the region to maintain control and security. In 2023, more than 120 conflict-related deaths were reported, two-thirds of them insurgents.

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