At least 16 Amarnath yatris were killed and 35 injured after a bus they were travelling in met with an accident on Srinagar-Jammu highway near Banihal in occupied Kashmir, today.
An official told media in Srinagar that a bus carrying yatris was heading towards Srinagar when it met an accident after a tyre burst at Nachilana on the highway.
Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Amarnath pilgrims. While expressing his solidarity with the next kin of those killed in the accident, Syed Ali Gilani said that increase of such accidents is very much concern for everyone.