SOURCE ; NEW18
Last Updated:May 04, 2025, 21:23 IST
The CCTV footage showed tourists, including children and elderly individuals, fleeing from Baisaran’s higher ground, taking a route they believed to be free of terrorist activity.
A new CCTV footage shows tourists fleeing Pahalgam market area after terror strike in Baisaran meadow | Image/CNN-News18
Pahalgam Terror Attack: A new CCTV footage from a market downhill of the scenic Baisaran meadow in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam shows tourists fleeing the area moments after the terror attack began.
The footage accessed by CNN-News18 is from April 22 at 3:40 PM, one hour after Pakistan-based Lashkar terrorists opened fire on tourists, killing 26 individuals on the spot.
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The CCTV footage showed tourists, including children and elderly individuals, fleeing from Baisaran’s higher ground, taking a route they believed to be free of terrorist activity.
Officials said some vehicles seen in the footage were carrying injured victims, as terrorists killed 26 tourists before fleeing into the forest, in a coordinated attack captured from multiple angles in videos recorded by survivors.
The footage offers a crucial lead regarding the timeline of the evacuation and is expected to play a key role in the ongoing investigation into the terror attack.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already summoned and questioned over 100 local shopkeepers, including one who had shut his shop on the day of the attack.
The central agency questioned the local shopkeeper, who had opened his shop just 15 days before the terror attack and was missing on the day of the incident.
Earlier in the week, the NIA questioned a zipline operator seen chanting “Allahu Akbar” in a viral video just before the terrorist attack unfolded in the scenic Baisaran meadow.
After interrogation, the zipline operator was given a clean chit, sources said.
Meanwhile, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday pledged a strong and fitting response against the nation’s enemies.
While addressing an event in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, the Defence Minister assured the countrymen that India would respond to the enemies as desired by the nation.
- Location :
Jammu and Kashmir, India, India
- First Published:
May 04, 2025, 21:21 IST
