Information About Incident 10225-17567-41735 in Jammu India

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As reported earlier, on October 1, terrorists had attacked a bus in Hiranagar on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway killing eight persons and injuring 10 others.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Hiranagar Jammu Pathankot, Hiranagar Jammu Pathankot
• Matched District: Jammu
• Actgroup: attack, injure
• Actor: terrorists, terrorists
• Subject: a bus in Hiranagar on the Jammu - Pathankot national highway killing eight persons and injuring 10 others., 10 others.

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Also, two civilians, including a young girl, were killed and 22 others injured when an IED containing RDX exploded inside a private bus carrying pilgrims from the General Bus Stand, Jammu, to Katra, base camp of the Vaishnodevi shrine (a sacred Hindu shrine), on October 2. The bus had reached Manda Morh, near a police outpost outside Hari Palace, when the IED planted near the diesel tank of the bus exploded. State Director General of Police (DGP) A K Suri said he suspected either the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to be behind this blast. This was the second strike by terrorists in two days. As reported earlier, on October 1, terrorists had attacked a bus in Hiranagar on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway killing eight persons and injuring 10 others.

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