Victims from across India, including two foreignersA purported video of the attack site emerged showing several people bleeding and lying motionless on the ground while women tourists were wailing and frantically looking for their near and dear ones.”My husband was shot in the head while seven others were also injured in the attack,” a woman survivor was quoted by PTI as saying.The woman did not identify herself but pleaded for help in evacuating the injured to the hospital. Security forces and medical teams rushed to the spot immediately after the incident.Among the victims is Manjunath, a real-estate businessman from Shivamogga, who had gone to Kashmir to celebrate his son scoring 96% in the PUC-II exams. BJP MP BY Raghavendra, quoting Manjunath’s wife Pallavi, said the terrorists had opened fire after asking him which community he belonged to.The victims included two foreign nationals — from the UAE and Nepal — as well as two local residents, according to a senior official.Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis confirmed that two of the deceased were from the state.Other victims included a man from Balasore, Odisha, who worked at CIPET, and an Intelligence Bureau official from Telangana.A Malayali tourist has also been confirmed among those killed.The deceased has been identified as N Ramachandran, 65, a native of Edappally, Kochi. He had arrived in Kashmir just a day earlier along with his family, including his wife Sheela Ramachandran, daughter, and two grandchildren.Among the victims was also Lt. Vinay Narwal, 26, a Navy officer stationed in Kochi and a native of Haryana’s Karnal.Narwal, who had gotten married just days earlier on April 16, was in Kashmir for his honeymoon. He was reportedly shot in the cheek, neck, and arm and was declared brought dead at the hospital. His wife’s condition remains unclear.
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