Vivek Agnihotri Expresses Shock Over Pahalgam Terror Attack: 'This Is Target Killing'
Vivek Agnihotri condemned the Pahalgam attack, where Lashkar-linked terrorists killed 27 tourists.
Vivek Agnihotri has wrapped up shoot of The Delhi Files.
Vivek Agnihotri has expressed shock over the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. On Tuesday evening, the filmmaker spoke exclusively to CNN-News18 when he argued that he had an instinct about the attack and said, 'I had an instinct that something was going to happen."
Agnihotri condemned the terror attack and expressed concern over how militants asked tourists about their religion before shooting them. 'This is targeting killing," the filmmaker, known for movies like The Kashmir Files, said.
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For the unversed, Lashkar-linked terrorists opened fire on a group of tourists in Pahalgam on Tuesday afternoon. Over 27 have been reported dead as of now. Eyewitnesses told security forces that two to three men rushed in dressed in military fatigues, firing indiscriminately at tourists while they were enjoying the Baisaran Meadows of Pahalgam on horseback. The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar offshoot, took responsibility for the attack.
Security forces were rushed to the area, and a massive anti-terrorist operation was launched to hunt down the assailants. Videos of the aftermath of the attack showed people lying motionless and bloodied on the ground while women were frantically looking for their loved ones.
Meanwhile, Vivek Agnihotri is currently working on The Delhi Files. The film will complete Vivek Agnihotri's Files trilogy, which also includes The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files. The first part of The Delhi Files, titled Bengal Chapter, will be released on Independence Day 2025.
'If The Kashmir Files disturbed you, The Delhi Files will destroy you—because my life's mission is to tell the darkest, most buried, untold truths of our history, no matter how uncomfortable they are," the filmmaker said previously, while talking about The Delhi Files.
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