Innocent Tourists Become Victims of Violence in Kashmir

In a cruel incident, which injured innocent civilians in northern India, Srinagar witnessed its second attack in less than a week on tourists. The eyewitnesses shared that a bus, carrying tourists from eastern Indian state West Bengal, was attacked at Dal Gate.

Twenty people, including four women and a child, sustained injuries, shared S.A. Mujtaba, senior superintendent of Police, Srinagar. He said no tourist was killed and all injured were admitted to hospital.

As per the information available, the buses were part of trips organized by at least two operators from Bengal –Rocky Travels in Barrackpore and Bidisha Tours & Travels in Belghoria.

One of the buses was returning from Sonamarg, a health resort in north Kashmir, when the militants hurled a grenade, which exploded inside the vehicle. The attack took place near the mountain-ringed Dal Lake. Around 10 to 15 minutes later, a grenade was tossed into the second bus, coming from Gulmarg in north Kashmir.

There have been instances of tourists deciding to leave the valley. The incident has taken place only few days after militants had attacked a tourist bus killing four persons from Gujarat.