[The driver of the bus carrying 56 Amarnath pilgrims couldn't save seven lives, but he courageously managed to move the remaining 49 persons to a safer place. Soon after the attack, the driver, Saleem Sheikh, called up his cousin Javed Mirza in Gujarat’s Valsad and narrated to him how the terror strike took place. Javed said he was proud of Saleem, who put up a brave front and drove the 49 passengers to safety despite the militants firing at the bus indiscriminately from three sides.]
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/bus-driver-couldn-t-save-7-but-drove-49-other-pilgrims-to-safety/434949.html Posted at: Jul 11, 2017, 12:28 PM; last updated: Jul 11, 2017, 2:23 PM (IST) Bus driver couldn't save 7, but drove 49 other pilgrims to safety Amarnath attack: Oppn asks govt to introspect security failure Bus driver couldn't save 7, but drove 49 other pilgrims to safety Previous ImageNext Image “God gave me strength to keep moving. It was firing discriminately and I just did not stop,” says Saleem Sheikh. —ANI Tribune News Service Valsad (Gujarat), July 11 The driver of the bus carrying 56 Amarnath pilgrims couldn't save seven lives, but he courageously managed to move the remaining 49 persons to a safer place. Soon after the attack, the driver, Saleem Sheikh, called up his cousin Javed Mirza in Gujarat’s Valsad and narrated to him how the terror strike took place. (Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd) Javed said he was proud of Saleem, who put up a brave front and drove the 49 passengers to safety despite the militants firing at the bus indiscriminately from three sides. Javed said Saleem told him that when the militants attacked, all he was looking for was a safer spot to ferry the pilgrims. Saleem called up Javed around 9.30 pm and informed him about the incident. While speaking to media, Saleem said: “God gave me the strength, he gave me the strength to save lives. All of a sudden they (terrorists) started firing on us, but I kept on driving and did not stop." Seven Amarnath pilgrims, six of them women, were killed and 20 injured in a suspected militant attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday evening. While the police claim the pilgrims died when militants attacked security personnel, sources said the yatra bus was attacked near Batengoo along the Srinagar-Jammu highway, 40 km from Srinagar. The Jammu and Kashmir police chief, Shesh Paul Vaid, said the yatris were killed in crossfire as the militants attacked a security vehicle. —With Inputs from ANI -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
