Slaughter in Pahalgam

There is no word strong enough to condemn the ghastly massacre of tourists in Pahalgam.Nothing can adequately express the anger, outrage and the agony one feels for what has happened: Twenty-six innocent tourists were slaughtered in cold blood while on vacation in one of the most picturesque parts of the Valley. They came from all parts of the country to Kashmir for a break from their everyday lives. Instead, they got bullets.

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This is no time to mince words: this was a barbaric, premeditated act of terror designed to spill blood and instill fear: the kind of twisted, performative violence that seeks to erase humanity. To attack unarmed civilians, families, children, people whose only “offense” was stepping foot in Kashmir, is an act of pure evil. It is terrorism. Period.