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Locals of Pahalgam maintain candle march for terror attack victims demanding justice (Screengrab/PTI)

In a heartfelt present of solidarity and condemnation, residents of Srinagar gathered on Tuesday for a candlelight march, mourning the lack of harmless lives within the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam.

The protest, held on the metropolis’s Mecca Market space, drew folks from varied walks of life who got here collectively to denounce the violence and categorical their grief.

Fayaz Ahmad Bhatt, General Secretary of Mecca Market, voiced the collective sentiment of the gathering, stating, “We condemn this attack against humanity.”

Meanwhile, over 20 folks, primarily tourists, had been killed on Tuesday in a terrorist attack within the Baisaran Valley space of Pahalgam, situated within the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police instructed information company AFP.

Gunshots had been reportedly heard within the Valley — a preferred vacationer vacation spot sometimes called “mini-Switzerland” — prompting the instant deployment of safety forces to the world. The website is accessible solely by foot or horseback, which made rescue and response efforts tougher.
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Officials mentioned a helicopter was pressed into service to evacuate the injured, whereas a number of the wounded had been introduced down from the meadows by native residents utilizing their ponies.
Authorities have confirmed accidents among the many tourists, although the total extent continues to be being assessed. A health care provider on the Pahalgam hospital instructed PTI that 12 injured tourists had been admitted and that each one had been in secure situation.
Hours after the attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s at present on a go to to Saudi Arabia, spoke with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and directed him to take all appropriate measures. The Prime Minister additionally requested the Home Minister to go to the location.
Condemning the attack on tourists, PM Modi acknowledged that these behind the “heinous act will be brought to justice… they will not be spared!”
“I strongly condemn the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. All possible assistance is being provided to those affected. Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice… they will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger,” PM Modi wrote on X.