Maldives president condemns India terror attack
Twenty-six men were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory.
President Mohamed Muizzu on Wednesday expressed condolences following a terror attack in Pahalgam, India, which resulted in multiple casualties and injuries.
In a statement issued on Sunday, President Muizzu said he was "deeply saddened and shocked by the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, which has claimed innocent lives and left many injured."
He extended sympathy to the victims and their families, noting that the government of Maldives stands firm in its position against terrorism.
“The government of Maldives remains steadfast in its commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families during this difficult time,” he said.
Twenty-six men were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory, police said on Wednesday, the worst such attack in the country in nearly two decades.
It was the worst attack on civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai shootings, and shattered the relative calm in Kashmir, where tourism has boomed as an anti-India insurgency, opens new tab has waned in recent years.
The attack took place on Tuesday in the Baisaran valley in the Pahalgam area of the scenic, Himalayan federal territory and the dead included 25 Indians and one Nepalese national, police said.
The attack is seen as a setback to what Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have projected as a major achievement in revoking the semi-autonomous status Jammu and Kashmir enjoyed and bringing peace and development to the long-troubled Muslim-majority region.
Modi cut short his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to New Delhi on Wednesday morning. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was also cutting short her visit to the United States and Peru "to be with our people in this difficult and tragic time", her ministry said.
