Kashmir is a Muslim-majority region at the heart of decades of hostility between India and Pakistan. Reuters photos showed tens of policemen surveying damaged vehicles and one policeman was seen carrying a plastic cover with guns inside. Indian forces have sporadically battled Islamist militants in mountainous Kashmir since an armed revolt in 1989 in which tens of thousands were killed, but car bombings are rare. The last major attack in Kashmir was in 2016 when militants raided an Indian army camp in Uri that killed 20 soldiers. Arun Jaitley, a senior minister in Modi’s cabinet, called the attack an act of cowardice and said India would retaliate.

Source: bd News24 February 14, 2019 17:15 UTC