“The area has been sanitised, search for stone pelters is underway and they will be arrested soon,” Senior Superintendent of Police Shailendra Kumar said.

The attack comes just days after stone-pelters targeted vehicles carrying tourists in Ashmuqam area of Pahalgam. Seven tourists were injured in the attack.

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti condemned the attack on Twitter, saying, “shocked and angered to hear of the attack on a school bus in Shopian. The perpetrators of this senseless and cowardly act will be brought to justice.”

Former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah also expressed anguish. “How does pelting stones on school children or tourist buses help advance the agenda of these stone pelters? These attacks deserve our unequivocal condemnation,” the leader said on the micro-blogging site.