Srinagar, India – Gunmen killed at least 26 tourists in Kashmir who controls the Indian, police said in what seemed to be the main shift in the regional conflict in which tourists were spared.
Police said it was a “terrorist attack” and blame militants who fight the Indian rule. “This attack is much bigger than anything we have seen in civilians in recent years,” Omar Abdullah, a top elected official official, wrote on social media.
Two high policemen told at least four attackers, which described as militants, fell out to a dozen close-sight tourists. Officers said that at least three dozen people were wounded, many took themselves in serious condition.
Most of the killed tourists were Indian, officers said, talking about the state of anonymity in accordance with the Department. Officials have collected at least 24 bodies in the meadow Baisaran, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from a populated settlement in the Pahalgam restaurant. Two others have died as they were taken for medical treatment.
There was no immediate responsibility requirement. Police and soldiers were looking for attackers.
“We will get strongly descending on the perpetrators with the sharpest consequences,” Indian Minister of domestic houses, asdays written on Srinagar, the capital in Kashmir in Indian controllers and convened a meeting with the highest security officials.
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was regulated by his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to New Delhi early on Wednesday, the Trust of the journalistic agency in India reported.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Key resistance of politicians and Kashmir’s chief religious priest, has convicted what he described as “Social Media”, writing that “such violence is unacceptable and against the Visitors with love and warm.”
The shooting coincided by visiting the India of the Vice President of the American Vice-President JD, who called him a “devastating terrorist attack.” He added to the social media: “Over the past days, we overcome the beauty of this country and her people. Our thoughts and prayers are with them while mourning this terrible attack.”
The US President Donald Trump on Social Media noticed “Deeply disturbing news from Kashmir. The United States is strong with India against terrorism.” Other global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, condemned the attack.
“United States stands with India,” said U.S. Secretary of State Secretary Marco Rubio on X.
Nuclear rivals and Pakistan, each control part of Kashmir, but both require territory as a whole.
Kashmir saw water murders including immigrant workers from Indian countries, after New Delhi completed the Semi-Autonomy of the Region in 2019. and drastically combed disagreement, civil liberties and media freedoms.
Tensions are symmeterated as India intensified its operations against inconvenience. But despite tourists who are placed in cashmere in huge numbers for their Himalayan footer and excellent household ships were not targeted.
The region pulled out millions of visitors who enjoy the strange peace held by the ubiquitous security checkpoints, armored vehicles and patroling soldiers. New Delhi has energetically pushing tourism and claimed as a sign of normalcy that returns.
The meadow in Pahalgam is a popular destination, surrounded by snowmobiles and intermittent pine forests. Everyday visit him hundreds of tourists.
Indian leader of Rahul Gandhi opposition, while condemning the attack, said the prayer government should take responsibility, and not “hollow the requirements of the situation normally” in the region.
Militants in the Indian part of Kashmir fight fought against the new Delhius Rule from 1989. years. Many Muslim Kashmiris support the goal of rebel to unite the territory, either under Pakistani rule or as an independent country.
India insists at Kashmir level, terrorism sponsored by Pakistan. Pakistan denies charge, and many cashmers believe that the legitimate struggle for freedom is. Tens of thousands of civilians, insurgents and government forces were killed in conflict.
In March 2000. year, at least 35 civilians were shot and killed in the southern village in Kashmir, while then – US president Bill Clinton visited India. It was the deadliest attack in the last few decades.
Violence has lately inserted in Valley Kashmir, the heart of an anti-Indian rebellion. The struggle between government forces and rebels is mainly transferred to the remote areas of the region, including Rajouri, Poonch and Kathu, where Indian troops faced deadly attacks.
2025-04-22 21:30:00
