The police said the militants wanted to target either an isolated CRPF vehicle or a bus carrying pilgrims, whichever came their way. Asked if the militants wanted a flare-up of communal tension by attacking the pilgrims, Khan said the pilgrims weren’t the focus of the attack. “They had code words for a CRPF vehicle and a yatra vehicle. The code word for a CRPF vehicle was Bilal and the code word for a yatri vehicle was Showkat,” the officer said. The Kashmir police chief said they were close to nabbing the four Lashkar militants.

Source: Indian Express August 06, 2017 21:48 UTC