Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slicing brief his go to to Saudi Arabia following the lethal terror assault on vacationers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, sources stated Tuesday.
He’s anticipated to go away Jeddah tonight and land in India early Wednesday morning, given the two.5-hour time distinction.
The choice comes amid nationwide mourning, with at the least 26 lifeless and a number of other injured in what’s being known as the deadliest such assault within the Valley this yr.
Inside hours of the incident, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah additionally left for Srinagar. Earlier than boarding a particular flight from New Delhi, Shah briefed the Prime Minister and held a high-level assembly with officers through video hyperlink. He’s scheduled to go to the assault website Wednesday morning.
Earlier, condemning the assault in a submit on X, Modi stated, “I strongly condemn the fear assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those that have misplaced their family members. I pray that the injured recuperate on the earliest. All potential help is being offered to these affected. These behind this heinous act can be dropped at justice… they won’t be spared! Their evil agenda won’t ever succeed. Our resolve to struggle terrorism is unshakable and it’ll get even stronger.”
I strongly condemn the fear assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those that have misplaced their family members. I pray that the injured recuperate on the earliest. All potential help is being offered to these affected.
These behind this heinous act can be introduced…
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 22, 2025
Shah tto expressed his condolence, in a submit on X, he stated “anguished by the fear assault on vacationers” and “my ideas are with the members of the family of the deceased”.
In line with sources, terrorists opened fired at vacationers in Baisaran, an off-the-road meadow in Pahalgam. The injured have been rushed to hospital.
“Our experiences say that two-three militants appeared and opened indiscriminate hearth on the vacationers at Baisaran,” a senior police officer informed The Indian Specific. “The preliminary experiences now we have recommend that eight vacationers had been injured within the assault. A couple of of them are in important situation,” the officer stated.
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Quickly after the assault, a joint workforce of police, Military, and paramilitary forces rushed to the spot to evacuate the injured vacationers and launch a search operation to trace down the militants accountable.
Baisaran, which is accessible solely by foot, is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot and is crowded in the course of the vacationer season.
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