• 16 Hindu pilgrims killed in Kashmir truck crash

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    A policeman looks on near the mangled wreckage of a truck which crashed near Pappad Morh in Samba district, India, on July 27, 2012.

    A truck carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in Indian-administered Kashmir killing 16 people, The Associated Press reports.

    The worshipers were returning from a trek to the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath, site of an annual pilgrimage undertaken by hundreds of thousands of Hindus.

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    Police officers inspect the wreckage of a truck after it veered off a mountain road and plunged into a gorge about 65 kilometers southwest of Jammu, India, on July 27, 2012.

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    A police official said the truck was carrying pilgrims visiting a Hindu shrine and 16 people were killed in the accident.

     

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    Such a shame. R.I.P folks

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