A bus was destroyed and at least five other vehicles were damaged by the blast.
At least 12 Indian soldiers were killed and 40 others wounded in a car bomb attack on a convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Senior police officer Muneer Ahmed Khan said the attack occurred as the convoy reached Pampore on the outskirts of the disputed region’s main city of Srinagar.
He said a bus was destroyed and at least five other vehicles were damaged by the blast.
Officials said the bus was carrying at least 35 soldiers.
Authorities blamed rebels fighting against Indian rule for the attack. The explosion in Pampore, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, left soldiers dead and wounded (Dar Yasin/AP)
Mr Khan said soldiers and counter-insurgency police reinforcements were deployed in the area.
Sanjay Sharma, a spokesman for India’s paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force, said many of the injured were in a critical condition.
