Gunmen storm Baisaran meadows near Pahalgam, killing multiple tourists in a chilling, targeted attack. PM Modi cuts short Saudi visit.
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00:00The postcard perfect meadows of Baisara near Pahlgaam was stormed by at least three terrorists
00:12wearing helmet mounted cameras. They were not in a rush, they filmed everything. They gathered
00:17the victims, segregated them by gender, confirmed their identities and then opened fire.
00:26This is what the preliminary probe into the Pahlgaam terror attack has revealed.
00:29Some tourists were shot point blank, others from a distance like sniper fire. Many bled out.
00:36Rescue teams took time to arrive, that too was part of the plan. Security agencies say the site was
00:41chosen to maximize the body count. Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately cut short his visit to
00:46Saudi Arabia and flew back to Delhi, even skipped a state dinner with the Saudi Crown Prince. As soon
00:50as he landed, the Prime Minister chaired a high-level security meet with NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Minister
00:55S. Cheshankar, Foreign Secretary Vikram Nisri and others. It's a Pulwama 2 moment for India.
01:00Home Minister Amit Shah, already briefed, flew straight to Srinagar. On ex-Prime Minister Modi
01:05condemned the attack. The Resistance Front, or the TRF, a shadow arm of the Pakistan-based
01:10Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed responsibility. Sources say foreign terrorists were part of the group,
01:15possibly Pakistanis. They had infiltrated the valley just days earlier. Intelligence suspects the mastermind
01:21is Saiful Lakasuri, LAT's deputy chief and a close aide of Hafiz Sahib, a name Indian agencies know
01:27all too well. But why now? Why tourists? Why Pahlgaam? Look at the pattern. In 2000, militants massacred 36
01:35Sikhs in Chittisangpura, a day before President Bill Clinton arrived in India. In 2002, during a US
01:41State Department visit, 23 civilians, including 10 children, were shot dead in Kaluchak. This week,
01:47US Vice President J.D. Vance was on a four-day India trip. He posted
01:54President Donald Trump too posted his condolences, calling the news deeply disturbing.
01:59That our outfits have long used these moments to grab headlines, attack civilians, hijack the global
02:04spotlight. And just a week ago, Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir called Kashmir Pakistan's Jagay
02:09Lavain. India's Ministry of External Affairs clapped back. How can anything foreign be a Jagay
02:14Lavain? The timing, the planning, the precision, it all suggests this wasn't just a terror strike.
02:20It was a message meant for India and for the world. But here's the irony. Kashmir is no longer
02:25what it once was. Over 3.5 million tourists visited the region in 2024 alone. Pahlgaam was
02:32supposed to be a safe zone. In fact, there had not been an attack on tourists this brutal since
02:36June 2024, when nine Hindu pilgrims were killed in a bus ambush. The government has long claimed that
02:42the situation in Kashmir has been normalised since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
02:47This attack has shattered peace in the region. Kashmir is not just land. For some, it's leverage.
02:52From Baisaran to Baghdad, the story is the same. Tourists, temples or toddlers,
02:57terror does not care. But will this be a turning point for India's Kashmir policy? That story is still unfolding.