"Heartbroken": Kareena Kapoor Khan condemns Reasi attack

Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan has condemned the terrorist attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmirs Reasi districtTaking to Instagram the Jab We Met star wrote Heartbroken The attack in Reasi is a reminder that humanity suffers when violence prevails Earlier actors Alia Bhatt and Priyanka Chopra also reacted to the shocking incidentThis is heartbreaking My heart goes out to the victims and their families Violence against the innocent shakes the very core of our family Alia posted on social mediaPriyanka described the incident as heinousDevastated This heinous attack on innocent pilgrims is horrific Why civilians and children Its so hard to comprehend the hatred were around the world she wroteMeanwhile Reasi Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Mahajan confirmed on Sunday night that at least 10 people were killed in the terror attack and 33 others were injuredAccording to officials the bus en route from the Shiv Khori shrine to Katra was targetted by terrorists at around 0610 pm when it reached Pouni area of Reasi district bordering Rajouri districtTerrorists opened fire causing the driver to lose control and the bus to plunge into a gorge Senior Superintendent of Police SSP Reasi Mohita Sharma told ANIThe SSP further said that the rescue operations are complete and the injured have been taken to Naraina and Reasi District hospitalsLieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha condemned the attack and assured action against those behind it I strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack on a bus in Reasi My condolences to the family members of the martyred civilians Our security forces and JKP have launched a joint operation to hunt down the terrorists the LG said in a post on XPM Narendra Modi Ji took stock of the situation and has asked me to constantly monitor the situation All those behind this heinous act will be punished soon PM has also directed that all the injured are provided the best possible medical care amp assistance the JK LG addedRanjit Singh manager of the bus booking company whose bus came under attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Reasi on Sunday evening recounted the attack horror and said that the driver sacrificed himself for the passengersIn a conversation with ANI Singh said The bus used to ply from Katra to Shiv Khori daily booking occurred daily But we had never thought that this could happen to our vehicle We used to hear of things like this in Kashmir but this area was safe We never thought that this could happen to us As soon as the bus left in the morning we received a call at 5 oclock that there had been firing on our vehicleWhen we did a little investigation we came to know that it was an attack by militantsPassengers told us that the militant got into the bus and told the driver to make the passengers deboard the busThe driver sensed that the man was a militant He refused to make the passengers deboard he sped up the bus As soon as he sped up the bus the militant fired a bullet The bus lost balance but the driver kept driving When the driver didnt stop he militant shot him in the head and killed himThen the conductor took hold of the steering As soon as he did that the militant shot 34 bullets at the conductor too He killed them both The bus lost balance and fell into a gorge he addedThe manager further stated that had the driver not shown his presence of mind no passenger would have survivedHad the driver not shown a presence of mind no passenger would have survived They might have even set the bus on fire The driver did well and sacrificed himself for the 40 passengers he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever