At least 24 people have died in an attack perpetrated by unidentified armed people In the Indian town of Pahalgam, located in Kashmiro, to the north of the country, according to local authorities and collect AFP. At the moment there are no details of the victims or their nationalities.
The main minister of Kashmir, Omar Abdulá, has said in his account in the social network X that “this attack against those who visit us is an abomination” and has stressed that “those responsible for this attack are animals, inhuman and deserving of contempt.” “There are no condemnation words that are enough“He added.
“I express my condolences to the relatives of the deceased,” he said, before adding that “The dead number is being clarified“
Government sources cited by the Indian television network NDTV have indicated that the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has telephone from Saudi Arabia, where he is on the official visit, to the Minister of Interior, Amit Shah, to ask for that moves to the place to analyze the situation on the ground.
Ravinder Raina, head of the government Popular Party (BJP) of Modi in Jammu and Kashmir “Pakistani terrorists“To perpetrate” a cowardly terrorist attack. “
Indian authorities have several times Pakistan to support various armed groups in Kashmir region in dispute between both countries since 1947 and for which they have faced two of the three wars they have maintained since their independence from the United Kingdom. In 1999 there was a brief but intense military confrontation between both nuclear powers and since 2003 a fragile truce is maintained.
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