Amarnath yatra terror attack: Injured pilgrims to be airlifted to Delhi

Jammu: A helicopter sent by Ministry of Home Affairs to airlift bodies of those killed in Amarnath terror attack to Surat, reached Srinagar on Tuesday morning.

Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said the Amarnath pilgrims injured in a terror attack at Anantnag district will be airlifted to Delhi on Tuesday.

"The dead and the injured pilgrims will be shifted to Srinagar on Monday night. They will then be airlifted to New Delhi in a special Border Security Force aircraft at 7:30 am on Tuesday," he said.

Terrorists tonight killed seven Amarnath pilgrims from Gujarat, including six women, and injured 19 others as they struck at a bus in Kashmir's Anantnag district, in the worst attack on the annual pilgrimage since the year 2000.

The deputy chief minister, who accompanied Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to Anantnag, said the injured were out of danger.

Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner Mandeep Bhandari said the Amarnath yatra will continue from Jammu on Tuesday.

"The yatra will not be disrupted and it will continue as per the plans," he told PTI.