Dozens of people were killed after armed people launched a deadly attack in India.
The attack took place in Kasmir Photo: X
Armed people in Kashmir opened fire on a group of tourists Tuesday, and the chief minister said the attack “inhuman” It was one of the worst attacks against civilians in recent years.
At least 24 people were killed, the Indian police said, writes the Daily Mail.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that “The attack is much greater than whatever we have seen against civilians in recent years.”and the number of the dead ””It is still in progress. “
“This attack on our visitors is an abomination”,
he said in a statement. “The authors of this attack are animals, inhuman and worthy of contempt ”.
The attack took place in the popular summer refuge Pahalgam, about 55 miles on the road from the key city of Srinagar.
The governor of the region, Manoj Sinha – New Delhi representative in the area – condemned ”The cowardly terrorist attack on tourists ”.
“I assure people that those behind this attack Downnis will not remain unpunished ”, he said.
No group has claimed the attack, but the rebels in the Muslim majority region have been insurgent since 1989.
They want independence or merger with Pakistan – which controls a smaller part of the Kashmir region and, like India, claims it entirely.
India has about 500,000 soldiers permanently held in the territory, but the battles have fallen since the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has revoked the limited autonomy of Kashmir in 2019.
Since then, the authorities have intensely promoted the mountainous region as a holiday destination, both for skiing during the winter months and to get rid of the suffocating heat in other parts of India.
According to official figures, about 3.5 million tourists visited Kashmir in 2024, most of them being internal visitors.
In 2023, India hosted in Srinagar a meeting of G20 in the field of tourism, under strict security conditions, in an attempt to demonstrate that what officials call “Normality and peace” I come back after a massive repression.
A number of resorts are developing, including some close to the strong militarized de facto border that divides the kashmir between India and Pakistan.
“These cowardly terrorists targeted unarmed innocent tourists who had come to visit Kashmir”, said Ravinder Raina, from the Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party of Modi, for Indian television.
Some tourists were admitted to the Local Hospital in serious condition.
India regularly accuses Pakistan of supporting armed people behind insurgency.
Islamabad denies the accusations, stating that it only supports the struggle for self -determination of Kashmir.
