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Suicide car bombers kill one soldier in Jammu and Kashmir

     Zainakot (Jammu and Kashmir): A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying troops in Kashmir on Wednesday, killing one soldier and wounding 15, a paramilitary official said. The attack on a bus carrying Border Security Force (BSF) troops took place at Zainakot area, on the Srinagar-Baramullah National Highway, officials said. K.Srinivasan, Deputy Inspector General of BSF, said there could be more casualties considering the initial damages. "The blast was so serious that we thought that the casualty would be around two to three. It happened at around 2.45 p.m. (IST) when a car, parked here, suddenly rammed into a BSF bus which was passing through the highway, damaging the bus," said Srinivasan. Officials said that Hizbul Mujahideen, the banned militant outfit, has taken the responsibility. Separatist violence has continued in Kashmir despite the region being struck by a deadly earthquake this month, which killed 54,000 people, mostly across the frontier in Pakistani Kashmir. Analysts say militants are trying to reinforce that they can still strike despite losing many of their own in the earthquake as India has said it was confident many rebel camps were destroyed in Pakistani occupied Kashmir.