2024 Reasi attack

2024 Reasi attack
Part of the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
LocationReasi district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Date9 June 2024
TargetHindu pilgrims[1]
Attack type
Mass shooting
WeaponsM4 carbines
Deaths9
Injured41
PerpetratorsLashkar-e-Taiba (Claimed by Jammu and Kashmir Police)
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The 2024 Reasi attack was a militant attack that occurred on 9 June 2024 in the Reasi district of the Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Several unidentified militants opened fire on a passenger bus transporting Hindu pilgrims from the Shiv Khori cave to Katra, causing it to lose control and plummet into a deep gorge,[2] followed by further firing at the crashed bus by the gunmen.[3] Nine people were killed in the attack, and an additional 41 were injured.[4]

The Resistance Front (TRF) initially claimed responsibility for the ambush[5] but later denied involvement,[6] while the Jammu and Kashmir Police believes that the ambush was carried out by the Lashkar-e-Taiba, of which the TRF is considered a front.[4]

  1. ^ Zargar, Arshad R. (10 June 2024). "Militants attack bus in India-controlled Kashmir, kill 9 Hindu pilgrims, police say - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ Khajuria, Ravi Krishnan. "9 killed, 33 injured as terrorists ambush bus carrying pilgrims in J&K's Reasi".
  3. ^ "Reasi Terror Attack: Survivors' chilling accounts of playing dead to survive". The Economic Times. 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Reasi bus attack: J&K Police release sketch of terrorist, announce Rs 20 lakh for information". Business Today. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Pak-backed Lashkar front claims responsibility for J&K bus terror attack". India Today. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Reasi terror attack: Terror groups claim responsibility, backtrack later". The Deccan Herald. Press Trust of India. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.