Anguished by terror attack on bus in J-K, nation stands with victims’ families: Prez Murmu

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New Delhi,Jun 10:-  President Droupadi Murmu said the terrorist attack on Sunday on a bus carrying pilgrims was a “dastardly act” and that the nation stood with the victims’ families.

Nine people were killed and 33 injured as terrorists struck a bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday evening, opening fire on the vehicle which fell into a gorge, a senior police officer has said.

“I am anguished by the terrorist attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. This dastardly act is a crime against humanity, and must be condemned in the strongest words. The nation stands with the families of the victims. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Murmu said in a post on X.

Earlier, in another post, the President had said she was “deeply distressed to learn of a bus accident in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in which a number of pilgrims have died”.

“My condolences to the families of the victims. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Murmu had said in the post, which was later deleted.–(CNI)

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