Militants Attack Pilgrims in Indian Kashmir, 10 Injured

Text of unattributed report headlined “Militants attack Amarnath pilgrims, 10 injured” published by Indian television Zee News website on 21 July

Srinagar [Indian-administered Kashmir], 21 July: In the second attack on Amarnath [in Indian-administered Kashmir] pilgrims this week, militants Saturday [21 July] threw a grenade at a community kitchen in Pahalgam [Indian-administered Kashmir], injuring at least 10 people, mostly sadhus [mendicants]. The ultras hurled a grenade towards a langar [community kitchen] at a gurudwara [Sikh temple] near police station Pahalgam, 100 km from here in Anantnag district of South Kashmir at around 1.10 p.m. [local time], officials said. The grenade exploded inside the langar area where pilgrims had gathered for their lunch, resulting in injuries to eight sadhus, a pilgrim and a driver of State Road Transport Corporation, they said.

One pilgrim was killed and several injured in a militant attack on Baltal base camp [Indian-administered Kashmir] on Tuesday.

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