At least 12 Indian paramilitary personnel have been killed and several others injured in a blast in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to local media reports.
A car fitted with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Lethora village in the southern part of the disputed Himalayan region.
According to the Associated Press news agency, more than 20 personnel were wounded in the attack.
More pictures emerging. 12 paramilitary personnel dead, 13 others injured in an IED blast on National Highway #Kashmir pic.twitter.com/In0uuXoGoF
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Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in 1947, but both claim the Himalayan territory in full.
India maintains roughly 500,000 soldiers and regularly cracks down on protesters, firing tear gas and pellet guns at demonstrators.
Nearly 70,000 people have been killed in the uprising and the ensuing Indian military crackdown.
SOURCE:
Al Jazeera and news agencies
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