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18 killed in Kashmir suicide attack

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At least 18 Indian paramilitary officers have been killed in a suicide attack on a vehicle convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Police told the BBC that a car filled with explosives rammed a bus carrying the officers to Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.

The Pakistan-based Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammad has said it carried out the bombing.

It is the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades.

The blast took place on the heavily guarded Srinagar-Jammu highway about 20km (12 miles) from Srinagar city.

"It's not yet clear how many vehicles were in the convoy that was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar. A car overtook the convoy and rammed into a bus with 44 personnel on board," a senior police official told BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor.

He said the death toll might increase because dozens are "critically injured", reports BBC.

 

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