 "Nunwan : A sadhu proceeds towards the holy cave shrine as security personnel guard near Nunwan base camp on Tuesday, a day after the militants attacked Amarnath pilgrims onboard a bus. Photp: PTI")
The killing of seven Hindu pilgrims in southern Kashmir enroute from the holy cave of Amarnath is the latest bloody statistic in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), which has witnessed a 45% rise in terrorism-related deaths–and 164% increase in civilian deaths alone–over the year ending June 30, 2017 according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data from the South Asian Terrorism Portal, run by the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management, a nonprofit.
Unidentified terrorists reportedly opened fire on a police vehicle at around
