(23 Apr 2025)
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Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 23 April 2025
1. Various of security
2. Mid of security vehicles driving
3. Various of closed shops, deserted street
4. Ambulances carrying bodies of victims driving away
5. Close of a soldier, ambulance in background
6. Ambulance driving away carrying bodies of victims
7. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Shakeel Ahmed, protester:
“This should not have happened. I appeal to Amit Shah (Indian Home Minister), a huge appeal, Amit Shah we want results in 24 hours. We want the murderers in 24 hours.”
8. Wide of locals protesting, UPSOUND (Hindi) “Stop killing tourists. Stop killing the innocent”
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Jammu, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 23 April 2025
9. Various of protesters on a roadside
10. Various of protesters blocking road, burning tires and chanting UPSOUND ‘Pakistan down, down!’
STORYLINE:
Security has been beefed up across Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists, as Indian forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the restive Himalayan region.
Protestors gathered in Jammu and Srinagar on Wednesday, chanting slogans like "stop killing tourists" and blocking roads.
As investigators began probing the attack, many shops and businesses in Kashmir closed to protest the killings following a call from the region’s religious and political parties.
Tens of thousands of armed police and soldiers fanned out across the region and erected additional checkpoints, searching cars and in some areas summoning former militants to police stations for questioning, reports said.
Police called the incident a “terror attack” and blamed militants fighting against Indian rule. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Some Indian media and some commentators immediately blamed Islamabad for directing such attacks, while Pakistan extended condolences to the victims’ families.
Officials said 24 of the people killed were Indian tourists, one was from Nepal and one was a local tourist guide. At least 17 others were injured.
"This should not have happened," one protestor, Shakeel Ahmed, said. "We want results in 24 hours," he said appealling to India’s home minister Amit Shah to ensure those responsible for the attack are brought to justice.
On Wednesday, Shah attended a ceremony at a police control room in Srinagar, where the slain tourists were paid floral tributes. He also met families of several victims and vowed to ensure harsh consequences for the attackers.
Later, Shah visited the site of the killing at Baisaran meadow, some 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the resort town of Pahalgam.
The meadow in Pahalgam is a popular destination, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and dotted with pine forests. It is visited by hundreds of tourists every day.
Kashmir has seen a spate of deadly attacks on Hindus, including immigrant workers from Indian states, since New Delhi ended the region’s semi-autonomy in 2019 and drastically curbed dissent, civil liberties and media freedoms.
New Delhi has vigorously pushed tourism and the region has drawn millions of visitors to its Himalayan foothills and exquisitely decorated houseboats. Officials have claimed that as a sign of normalcy returning, despite the presence of ubiquitous security checkpoints, armored vehicles and patrolling soldiers. Until Tuesday, tourists were not targeted.
New Delhi has vigorously pushed tourism and the region has drawn millions of visitors to its Himalayan foothills and exquisitely decorated houseboats.
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