The terrorists who were clad in camouflage outfits and pathani suits, came to the Baisaran meadow and opened fire with American-made M4 carbine assault rifles and AK-47s.Over 50-70 used cartridges had been recovered from the incident site by the evening of April 22, the sources said.Further, providing the details of weapons the terrorists were carrying, the sources said that two of them were carrying M4 carbine assault rifles while the other three were carrying AK-47s.”After reaching the attack site, the terrorists first held the tourists hostage at gunpoint and then asked all women and children to stay away, adding that the terrorists fired from close range after inquiring about identities and subsequently indiscriminately,” sources said.However, another intelligence official claimed that the firing was entirely ‘indiscriminate’, except for the fact that the perpetrators segregated women and children and fired upon men only.Talking about the route through which the terrorists infiltrated into India, the official said that the border terrain along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Jammu region is V-shaped and Pakistani troops remain deployed in the front at a few places.“Therefore, it has always been difficult to guard against infiltration, and possibly, they entered through this area and traveled all the way to the South Kashmir region,” he noted.
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