Indian students offer prayers during a function to pay tribute to paramilitary soldiers killed in Thursday's explosion in Kashmir.
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Great loss to nation
The death toll from a car bombing on a paramilitary convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir has climbed at least 40, becoming the single deadliest attack in the divided region's volatile history.
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Not the first time
Earlier in September 2016, an Army camp was stormed by terrorists in Uri, killing 19 soldiers.
Prior to that, 28 BSF personnel were killed in an attack on a convoy of the paramilitary force in 2004.
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Grieving family
Mamta Rawar (C) mourns her husband, slain Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Shahid Kaushal Kumar Rawat trooper, next to her mother-in-law Suga Rawat an other relatives in Agra on February 15, 2019, the day after an attack on a CRPF convoy near Awantipur town in the Lethpora area of Kashmir, about 30km south of Srinagar.
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Owning up the responsibility
The suicide bombing outside Srinagar claimed by an Islamist group is likely to ratchet up tensions between nuclear-armed arch rivals India and Pakistan, with New Delhi long accusing Islamabad of supporting militants.
