{"id":77765,"date":"2017-07-11T14:21:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T08:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=77765"},"modified":"2017-07-11T14:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T08:51:55","slug":"amarnath-yatra-attack-drivers-presence-mind-saved-many-lives-republic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=77765","title":{"rendered":"Amarnath Yatra Attack: ‘Driver’s Presence Of Mind Saved Many Lives’ | Republic World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least seven Amarnath Yatris were killed and 19 others injured<\/a> in a terrorist attack on a Yatra bus carrying 17 pilgrims in three attacks in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.<\/p>\n

Saleem was the driver of the bus returning from Amarnath\u00a0shrine and was responsible for saving the lives of many. He continued to ride the bus even as the vehicle came under attack. It was his sharp decision that led to the saving of lives of many passengers on the bus. If he had stopped the bus, the number of casualties would have been higher, as per security forces.<\/p>\n

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Sources have revealed that it was a joint operation between the\u00a0Lashkar-e-Taiba\u00a0and the Hizbul Mujahideen<\/a>. The mastermind behind the attack was a Pakistani terrorist, Abu Ismail. Ismail was helped by 2 more Pakistani terrorists and 2 local aides.<\/p>\n

The logistics support came from the the Hizbul cadres. The main aim of the terrorists was to barge into the bus, while they opened fired to have maximum number of casualties.<\/p>\n

Reports have suggested that the terrorists who had divided themselves in two groups, did a 3-day\u00a0recce dressed as shepherds. Their targets were the\u00a0buses which come out the ring of the security cordon.<\/p>\n

The pilgrims’\u00a0bus was surrounded on three sides by the terrorists\u00a0near a security checkpost at Anantnag and fired at. Troops of the 90th and 40th Battalion have been rushed to the spot of terror attack. The injured have been taken to Anantnag District hospital and those critically injured are being shifted to Srinagar.<\/p>\n

The Jammu and Kashmir police said the “bus was on its way to\u00a0Jammu\u00a0from\u00a0Baltal\u00a0and was not a part of the convoy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least seven Amarnath Yatris were killed and 19 others injured in a terrorist attack on a Yatra bus carrying 17 pilgrims in three attacks in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Saleem was the driver of the bus returning from Amarnath\u00a0shrine and was responsible for saving the lives of many. He continued to ride the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}