At least nine people have died after suspected militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu province opened fire at a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims which fell into a deep gorge, officials said. The vehicle was carrying pilgrims to the base camp of the famed Hindu temple Mata Vaishno Devi when it came under attack in the region’s […]
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Israeli police and Jewish pilgrims clash at beleaguered festival site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Clashes erupted on Sunday between police and Jewish pilgrims at a religious festival site in northern Israel where three years ago 45 people died in a crowd crush, and which authorities closed this year due to rocket fire from Lebanon. Since the 2021 tragedy at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage during […]
A bus carrying pilgrims crashes in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A bus carrying pilgrims crashed into a deep ditch in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16 others, officials said Thursday. They were travelling to a revered religious site in Baluchistan late Wednesday, the first day of Eid Al-Fitr celebrations and a public holiday in Pakistan, said a spokesperson for […]
Bodies of Easter pilgrims still inside bus that crashed off South African bridge
Emergency workers in South Africa are searching for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire. An eight-year-old child was the only survivor of the crash that killed at least 45 people. Hours after the Thursday afternoon crash, smoke seeped from the mangled […]
Burned bodies of Easter pilgrims still lie inside a bus that crashed off a bridge in South Africa
MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa (AP) — Emergency workers in South Africa were searching Friday for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire. An 8-year-old child was the only survivor of the crash that killed at least 45. Hours after the Thursday afternoon crash, […]