Modi threatens ‘strong reply’ after occupied Kashmir suicide attack
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Modi threatens ‘strong reply’ after occupied Kashmir suicide attack
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Published: February 15, 2019
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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the country would give a strong reply to those behind the Kashmir attack after a suicide bombing killed at least 44 security personnel.
“India will give a strong reply for Kashmir attack,” said the right-wing premier.
Thursday’s attack in Pulwama area of IoK was the deadliest attack on Indian occupying forces there since 2002.
New Delhi further said that it would take all possible diplomatic steps to ensure the ‘complete isolation’ of Pakistan after a suicide attack in occupied Kashmir killed at least 44 security personnel.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said steps would include India removing most favoured nation privileges given to Pakistan under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.
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Pakistan also expressed grave concern on the Kashmir attack.
In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Faisal said, Islamabad has always condemned heightened acts of violence in the valley.
The FO spokesperson also strongly rejected the insinuation by elements in the Indian government and media circles that seek to link the attack to Pakistan without investigations.
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The attack outside Srinagar, reportedly claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) group, saw explosives packed inside a van rip through buses in a convoy of 78 vehicles, carrying some 2,500 members of the Indian force.
Two buses, with 35 people each, bore the brunt of the massive blast, heard miles away, around 20 kilometres from Srinagar on the main highway to Jammu.
The bombing was carried out at 3:15 pm local time on a national highway near Lethpora village in Pulwama district. Dozens of others are reported to be wounded in the attack, who “have been removed to army hospital” CRPF Inspector General Zulfiqar Hassan told the media.
The convoy was bringing the troopers back from leave to rejoin active service. It was unclear whether the van containing the explosives was driven into the convoy or whether it was detonated when the buses were adjacent.
After the attack, hundreds of government forces cordoned around 15 villages in the district the bomber came from and started searching house-to-house.
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