AT LEAST seven workers on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir were killed and five others injured, officials confirmed today. The attack occurred at a construction workers’ camp near the resort town of Sonamarg. Police suspect militants opposed to Indian rule carried out the attack, though no group has claimed responsibility.

Gunmen fatally shot at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials said on Monday. Police blamed militants fighting against Indian rule for what they called a “terror attack” at a camp for construction workers near the disputed region’s resort town of Sonamarg.

Gunmen killed at least seven workers, and injured five others, at a key tunnel project in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, according to the police, making it one of the worst attacks on an infrastructure project in the volatile Indian region.

Workers were constructing a strategic road tunnel connecting restive Himalayan valley with Ladakh on border with China