As many as seven people were killed and 12 others injured when unknown armed men attacked a passenger bus bringing Hindu pilgrims back from a cave shrine in India-held Kashmir on Monday.
The bus was carrying about 60 people on the annual pilgrimage when it was attacked by suspected terrorists.
No group has immediately claimed the responsibility for the attack.
The suspected militants first attacked a police armoured vehicle, in exchange of firing six policemen were also injured.
Internet service in the town was suspended after the attack.
The shooting happened near the southern Anantnag town on the main highway linking the India-held Kashmir with the rest of the country.
The shooting came despite the deployment of thousands of Indian Army and paramilitary soldiers on the pilgrimage route.
