INDIAN police blamed Kashmiri separatists yesterday for an attack on Hindu pilgrims that killed seven and injured 19 on Monday night.

Survivors said the bus had come under fire from three different directions near the southern town of Anantnag. The driver kept the bus moving as bullets struck it.

The annual summer pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine, which began on June 29 under heavy security, has been targeted in the past.