Major intelligence, security failure, say sources According to a source, a few days prior to the incident, a terrorist based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir had made a suggestive remark hinting at the attack, but the intelligence agencies and security forces failed to act on it, which led to the grave tragedy.The attack was a meticulously planned operation with international handlers based in PoK and Pakistan reportedly giving directions to the militants in real time. Intelligence sources said the militants who were involved in the attack were well trained in using weapons and provided with detailed reconnaissance reports of areas that have lesser deployment of security forces despite being popular tourist spots with heavy tourist influx.Sources further stated that the attackers were equipped with helmet-mounted cameras, likely intended to record the carnage of tourists and forward the footage to their terror affiliates.NIA joins probeA team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) led by an Inspector General on Wednesday reached terror-hit Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.The team would provide assistance to the local police probing Tuesday’s dastardly terrorist attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists from different parts of the country, were killed in cold blood, the sources said.The anti-terror agency’s team visited the Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam, the spot of Tuesday’s deadly terrorist strike, they said.’Will not bend to terror’: Amit Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the country will not bend to terror and that those responsible for the killing of tourists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir will not be spared.After laying wreaths on the bodies of those killed in the terror attack, he said on X, “With a heavy heart, paid last respects to the deceased of the Pahalgam terror attack.””Bharat will not bend to terror. The culprits of this dastardly terror attack will not be spared,” he said.Shah laid wreaths on the coffins of the victims of the terror attack at the Police Control Room hereShah also met the survivors and assured that the perpetrators of the dastardly act would be brought to justice, officials said. The Home Minister later interacted with families of the terror attack victims.
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