Bharat Rakshak

tushar_m wrote:Some retired-Army officer on Times now is saying that the bus was without cover of security forces. (don't know his name)

The local people assured the pilgrims that everything will be safe & then the same locals alerted the terrorist.

Marten wrote:They have finally crossed the Rubicon. No mercy for any of these pigs and their masters who are attacking innocent yatris. I hope we turn Skardu HQ to rubble.

Chandragupta wrote:

tushar_m wrote:Some retired-Army officer on Times now is saying that the bus was without cover of security forces. (don't know his name)

The local people assured the pilgrims that everything will be safe & then the same locals alerted the terrorist.

Yes I heard that too. It was a planned ambush. Local Muslims were hand in glove. They all conspired to kill unarmed kafirs.

Chandragupta wrote:If they try and repeal Article 370 right now, anybody standing in the way will be buried politically.

Shortly after the Beslan hostage-taking raid in 2004, during which Umarov's close relatives were held for several days at Khankala military base near Grozny,[14] Prosecutor General of Russia Vladimir Ustinov suggested the practice of taking rebel leaders' relatives hostage. In 2005, the Russian leading human rights group Memorial blamed pro-Moscow Chechen forces (Kadyrovtsy) for a policy of abductions of the rebels' relatives.[21][22] On 5 May 2005, a group of masked attackers kidnapped Umarov's wife, his one-year-old son, and his 74-year-old father, Khamad (Hamad).[14] According to the rebel sources, Umarov's family was abducted by the employees of the Oil Regiment (Neftepolk, headed by Adam Delimkhanov) and held in the Kadyrov family's private prison in the village of Tsentoroi.[20] On 24 February 2005, Umarov's younger brother Ruslan was kidnapped by armed men and then allegedly tortured by the Federal Security Service (FSB) at Khankala base.[23] Umarov's wife and son were later freed, but his elderly father and the younger brother both "disappeared"; in April 2007, Umarov declared his father had been murdered in captivity.[20][24] In August 2005, Umarov's sister, Natalia Khumaidova, was abducted in the Chechen town of Urus-Martan;[22][25] she was released days later, after local residents protesting for her return rallied and blocked a federal highway.[14] In 2003–2004, his cousin Zaurbek Umarov and nephew Roman Atayev were reportedly detained in Chechnya and Ingushetia, and then "disappeared".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokka_Umarov

Schmidt wrote:http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2017/ ... pdates.htm

Six Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were killed and 12 injured when terrorists opened fire on a bus they were travelling on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.

Ankar wrote:Amarnath Yatra attack LIVE: Seven pilgrims killed, many injured as terrorists target yatris’ bus in Anantnag

Shiv Arror@Twitter
7 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims gunned down in their bus by bike-borne terrorists in Anantnag. Several critically injured. Death toll likely up.

sunnyP wrote:Apologists are already trying to paint this as some kind of accident where the dead were killed in the crossfire and not deliberately targeted.

Terrorists on Monday night killed seven Amarnath pilgrims from Gujarat, including six women, and injured 32 others as they struck at a bus in Kashmir's Anantnag district, in the worst attack on the annual pilgrimage since the year 2000.

The bus bearing the registration number GJ09Z 9976 was attacked at around 8.20 pm near Khanabal when it was on its way to Jammu, police said.

Police said the bus was not a part of the yatra convoy which is being provided elaborate security.

The terrorists first attacked a bullet-proof bunker of the police at Botengoo, a police official said, adding it was retaliated. There were no injuries in this attack.

Thereafter the terrorists fired on a police picket near Khannabal, the police added.

When the police retaliated, the terrorists fled, firing indiscriminately in which the bus carrying the yatris got it.

Seven of the pilgrims were killed and 32 were injured, the police said.

The police and top government sources said the bus driver had violated rules for the pilgrimage, which state that no yatra vehicle should be on the highway after 7 pm as the security cover is withdrawn after that.

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From the information., after their pilgrimage the pilgrims ended up in Srinagar at 4 pm.

They most likely did not want to stay overnight in Srinagar & decided to go to Jammu. They started around 5:30 but might have got delayed.

Road opening was withdrawn at 7:30., they might not have been in comm loop.

Attack happened at 8:30 pm.
Most pilgrims were from Dharampur, Gujarat

THE ATTACK on Monday came even as extra security was provided for the Amarnath Yatra this year. But, sources said, the bus and its passengers had not followed a single security advisory issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF.

“These yatris had not registered themselves, as is advised, and did not even become part of the yatra convoy, which is escorted by security forces, both to and from Amarnath, everyday. They also violated the 7 pm curfew on movement of yatris,” said CRPF DG R R Bhatnagar.
“This time, we had deployed more forces and made extra arrangements for their security. It can become very difficult to protect the yatris if they do not follow security advisories,” he said.

CRPF sources in Kashmir said that according to the advisory, yatris are supposed to register themselves and become part of the yatra convoy. This convoy is protected by security forces and led by a road-opening party. Movement is not allowed after 7 pm.

“The information we have is that these yatris visited Amarnath shrine two days ago and started for Jammu today. The information is yet to be verified. Why they decided to move after 7 pm needs to be investigated,” said a CRPF officer from Kashmir.

Meanwhile, Sanjay Patel of Umiya travels, the original owner of the bus, who is based in Idar, Sabarkantha, said he had sold the bus to Jawahar Desai of Om Travels in Valsad. But since the payment was yet to be made, the paper work was yet to be done.


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ramana wrote:One thing I noticed is the media/police seems to have managed the news in this attack.

First reports said 2 pilgrims killed
Next 6 killed.
Next 7 killed, 6 were women and 32 injured. The time difference was 2 to 4 hours from ANI News.