Multiple casualties are feared, with confirmed reports suggesting at least one tourist killed and 20 others injured after terrorists opened fire at Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. According to sources, some of them have sustained critical injuries, and the death toll is expected to go up. The incident happened in Pahalgam’s Baisaran valley at around 2.30 pm. The Baisaran valley is a famous tourist spot, popularly known as ‘mini Switzerland’ because of its long lush green meadows.A 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.No independent official verification was available.”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.Without confirming the death toll, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the attack on tourists as an “abomination,” and offered condolences to the families of the deceased. “I’m shocked beyond belief. This attack on our visitors is an abomination. The perpetrators of this attack are animals, inhuman & worthy of contempt. No words of condemnation are enough. I send my sympathies to the families of the deceased. I’ve spoken to my colleague @sakinaitoo & she has moved to the hospital to oversee arrangements for the injured. I’ll be flying back to Srinagar immediately,” he wrote in a post on X.
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