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Militants in Indian Kashmir segregate men from women and children before opening fire

  • A brutal attack in Pahalgam led to the deaths of 26 tourists, with several others injured, marking one of the deadliest assaults in Kashmir in a decade.
  • Debasish Bhattacharya recited the 'Kalma' and avoided being shot during the attack, while victims were targeted based on their religious responses.
  • The Assam government is arranging for Bhattacharya's family to return home, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ensuring their safe evacuation.
  • Eyewitnesses stated that only men who could recite the 'Kalma' were spared by the terrorists, which highlights a disturbing tactic used in previous attacks.
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On 22 April 2025, a terrorist attack in the Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam, about 100 km south of Srinagar, killed 26 people (here, here). In this context, a video titled “A Hindu boy crying next to the body of his father killed in the Pahalgam terror attack” is going viral on social media. (here, here, here) . Let’s see how much truth there is in this story. An archived version of this post can be found here. Claim: A Hindu boy crying next to the …

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Kashmir militants 'asked for names' before shooting

Survivors of a massacre in Indian Kashmir say militants asked men to recite an Islamic verse and killed those who could not.

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Militants in Indian Kashmir segregate men from women and children before opening fire

Militants who killed 26 people in India's Kashmir region separated the men from the women and children and asked the men their names before shooting them at close range, security officials and survivors said on Wednesday.

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Firstpost News broke the news in Mumbai, India on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
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