Saleem, the man who was driving the bus that was ferrying Amarnath pilgrims when it came under attack in Anantnag on 11 July, acted quickly and drove the other passengers to safety, his cousin Javed Mirza said. Saleem did not stop the bus and rushed it away from the firing that claimed the lives of seven pilgrims and injured several.
The attack on a bus carrying Amarnath yatra pilgrim on the night of 10 July in Anantnag, leaving seven people dead and many others injured, has evoked unequivocal condemnation from the people in Kashmir. The Inspector General of police, Muneer Khan, said that the Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) was behind the killings, which are being described as the worst terror attack on the Amaranth Yatra in the last 15 years. Condemnations for the killings have poured in from all sides, not only the political leaders. In fact, civil society groups called for a sit-in protest at Pratap Park, Lal Chowk in Srinagar to show their solidarity with the families of those killed in the attack.
