Amarnath pilgrims attack carried out by LeT

Intelligence sources have said three to five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were involved in the attack on Amarnath Yatra that killed seven pilgrims and injured 14 others, including policemen, when they struck at a bus carrying them on Monday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

According to the sources Ismail, a Lashkar operative from Pakistan, was heading the militant group. He is the Lashker Commander in South Kashmir and has been active in the region for last three years.

Bodies of the seven Amarnath pilgrims killed in the attack and 19 injured have been airlifted to New Delhi from Army Base Hospital in Srinagar.