India's PM Modi warns Pakistan of strong response to Kashmir attack


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  • Friday, 15 Feb 2019

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi observes two minutes of silence to pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, who were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying them in south Kashmir on Thursday, before flagging off India's fastest train 'Vande Bharat Express' at a ceremony in New Delhi, India, February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Reuters) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan on Friday to expect a strong response to a suicide attack that killed 44 paramilitary policemen in Kashmir, ratcheting up tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

The car bomb attack on a security convoy on Thursday was the worst in decades of insurgency in the disputed region. India said it had "incontrovertible evidence" of Pakistani involvement, a statement quickly rejected by Islamabad.

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