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SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025
Kashmir terrorist attack: These are the suspects in deadly strike that killed 26

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Hindustan Times
23 April, 2025, 05:25 pm
Last modified: 23 April, 2025, 05:30 pm

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Kashmir terrorist attack: These are the suspects in deadly strike that killed 26

The suspects have been identified as Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah and Abu Talha

Hindustan Times
23 April, 2025, 05:25 pm
Last modified: 23 April, 2025, 05:30 pm
Photo: Hindustan Times
Photo: Hindustan Times

Sketches of suspect in the deadly terrorist attack of Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam were released by the Indian security agencies today (23 April), amid a massive manhunt to nab the perpetrators of the terror strike that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack took place at the scenic Baisaran meadow, a popular tourist spot near Pahalgam which is also referred to as 'mini Switzerland.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short his Saudi Arabia visit and returned to Delhi, while Home Minister Amit Shah rushed to Kashmir on Tuesday as the attack prompted urgent high-profile moves and change in plans.

The suspects have been identified as Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah and Abu Talha, officials cited in a PTI news agency report said, adding that they also had code names -- Moosa, Yunus and Asif -- and were involved in terror-related incidents in Poonch.

The sketches were prepared with the help of survivors, the officials said.

India increases security in Kashmir following tourist attack

Authorities are suspecting that the attackers may have crossed over from Kishtwar in Jammu and reached Baisaran via Kokernag in South Kashmir to carry out one of the deadliest strikes targeting civilians in the Valley in recent years.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed responsibility for the attack, according to PTI news agency, with many in the country attributing a recent 'provocative' statement by Pakistan Army chief's statement for the strike.

Condolences and reactions from across the world poured in over the Pahalgam terrorist attack, with US President Donald Trump assuring "full support" of the US and deepest sympathies to India.

Pakistan today said it was "concerned at the loss of tourists' lives" in the Pahalgam terrorist attack.

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Responding to media queries concerning the attack, FO Spokesperson Shafqat Khan in a statement said, "We are concerned at the loss of tourists' lives in an attack in Anantnag district of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

"We extend our condolences to the near ones of the deceased and wish the injured a speedy recovery," Pakistan news portal Dawn quoted the statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday cut short his Saudi Arabia trip and returned to India, while home minister Amit Shah rushed to Kashmir shortly after the Pahalgam terrorist attack was reported.

Modi held a meeting with National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and several other as soon as he landed in Delhi on Wednesday. Home minister Amit Shah visited the terrorist attack site.

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