(MENAFN) Indian security forces have killed two suspected organizers of a deadly suicide bombing in the disputed area of Kashmir that has fueled tension between India and Pakistan.
The suicide bomb attack on a paramilitary police convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir has killed over 40 men, the deadliest single attack on Indian forces in 30 years of insurgency in the Muslim-majority region.
The Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack, while India accuses Pakistan for protecting the group, which Pakistan denies.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised a strong response to the attack and says he has given the military a free hand to tackle cross-border militancy.
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