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India Today
23-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Gunfight in Kulgam day after Pahalgam attack, TRF terrorist trapped
A top commander of The Resistance Front (TRF) was trapped during a gunfight that broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam on Wednesday. The encounter came a day after 26 people were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which was claimed by the TRF, an offshoot of the Pakistan-based gunbattle is going on in the Tangmarg area of the south Kashmir today, the Indian Army foiled an infiltration attempt by two terrorists and gunned them down in Baramulla following a heavy exchange of fire. Security forces recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition as well as Pakistani currency after the encounter. On Tuesday afternoon, five to six terrorists opened fire on a group of tourists in the Baisaran meadow, which is around 5 kms from Pahalgam. The area is accessible only by foot or by horseback. The Pahalgam carnage was one of the deadliest civilian attacks in the Kashmir Valley in recent said the terrorists emerged from the surrounding pine forests and fired at people picnicking, riding ponies, or eating at food stalls. Most of the victims were tourists, including two foreigners from the UAE and Nepal, and two Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Saudi Arabia when the attack occurred, cut short his visit and held a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting in Delhi to review Jammu and Kashmir's security Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Srinagar within hours of the terror attack and held a high-level security review with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police. He also visited the attack site in Pahalgam and met with the families of the victims and and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called the attack "much larger than anything we've seen directed at civilians in recent years".Several top leaders have strongly condemned the attack, expressing their grief and solidarity with the victims and their families. Security forces have intensified their search operations in the region, aiming to track down the Watch IN THIS STORY#Jammu and Kashmir
India Today
22-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Hindus were singled out, shot: Tourist's blow-by-blow account of Pahalgam attack
A family of five from Maharashtra's Pune came under a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday afternoon, when gunmen opened fire on tourists gathered in a valley. The attack, which took place as the family posed for photographs in traditional Kashmiri attire, has been claimed by a shadow outfit affiliated with the Pakistan-based targeted firing occurred in a popular tourist zone bustling with visitors, many of whom had gathered for photos in the scenic to India Today TV, one of the survivors — a woman from the Pune family — recounted a blow-by-blow account of what actually happened at the attack site and claimed that the terrorists singled out Hindu tourists and shot them."The terrorists suddenly appeared and began firing indiscriminately. While some of them opened fire, others grabbed the Hindus present and forced them to recite the Azan. Then they resumed firing and shot my father and uncle," she said, adding that the assailants claimed their religion was "in danger" because of the Hindus. She further compared the method of the assault to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. "The terrorists attacked only the men. It was very similar to what happened during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. They were wearing uniforms like those of local police and had printed masks that resembled what army personnel wear," she TO SURVIVOUR'S ORDEAL HERE advertisementIn the deadliest assault in Jammu and Kashmir since the 2019 Pulwama attack, terrorists sprayed bullets at a popular meadow near Pahalgam on a busy Tuesday afternoon, with at least 26 feared dead and several six kilometres from the tourist hub of Pahalgam, the lush meadow of Baisaran — nicknamed "mini Switzerland" for its pine-fringed slopes — turned into a site of horror. Armed terrorists stormed the grassland, opening fire on unsuspecting tourists who were picnicking, riding ponies, or gathered near food stalls, according to officials and PM Modi conveyed his condolences to those who lost their loved ones in the attack and vowed strict action against the terrorists involved in the heinous act. "They (terrorists) will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger," the Prime Minister, who is currently in Jeddah, said in a post on Reel
