Reasi terror attack horror: Terrorists kept firing for over 20 minutes after bus fell, recall survivors

Survivors pretended to be dead inside the bus till the terrorists left the place

June 11, 2024

Survivors recount Reasi terror attack horror in J&K

Survivors of the June 9 terrorist attack on pilgrims in J&K’s Reasi district have said that the attackers kept on firing at the fallen bus for almost 20 minutes.

Survivors said that they pretended to be dead inside the bus till the terrorists thought their job was over and left the place.

Five of the deceased had gunshot wounds. And, out of the 41 injured, 10 suffered gunshot injuries.

After the driver was hit in the firing, the bus plunged into a deep gorge in the Poni area of the district and the terrorists kept shooting indiscriminately, survivors said.

A survivor from Delhi had gone to pay obeisance at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on his marriage anniversary, accompanied by his wife, and two children, a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old.

He said, “Even after the bus crashed into the gorge, the terrorists kept firing at the bus. I managed to push my children under the seats of the bus despite being injured myself. It was a horror I will never forget in my life.”

Four members of a family from Rajasthan’s Jaipur, including a 2-year-old boy, and two cousins from Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district were among those killed in the terror attack on the bus.

The members of the family from Chomu near Jaipur who died were identified as 30-year-old Pooja Saini, her 2-year-old son Levansh, Pooja’s paternal uncle 44-year-old Rajendra Saini, and 40-year-old wife of Rajendra’s wife Mamta.

Rajat Ram Sharma lost his 14-year-old son in this attack.

“Suddenly, someone cried that militant had attacked the bus. I immediately pushed my wife and son under the seat, but before we could take the cover, the bus fell into the gorge and I lost my grip on my son,” he said.

Two-year-old Titu Sawhney and his mother Pooja, the bus driver and conductor, are among the deceased.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a social media front of various terrorist outfits, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohamamd (JeM) has owned responsibility for the attack.

Security forces have formed 15 teams to hunt down the perpetrators of this terror attack. Some arrests have already been made and the arrested persons are being questioned.

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