Rage and grief after 26 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir

The Indian Navy officer was in the honeymoon, a tourist guide who was a single breadwinner for his family, and a businessman was spending his vacation with his wife and children among the victims of the horrific attack that killed 26 people in the Indian director Kashmir.

On Tuesday, a group of gunmen opened fire on tourists in a resort in Bahajam, a picturesque town in the Himalayas, which is often described as “Switzerland in India”.

Visitors from various states in India have been killed, and others were seriously injured – there is no official confirmation of the numbers yet from the government.

The attack was one of the most in recent years in the troubled area, and it destroyed the lives of many.

The attack took place on Tuesday afternoon. BBC’s eyewitnesses told the tourists gathered in Bazran, a Mido of the mountain 5 km (three miles) from Bahajam, when they heard the sound of bullets that were torn in the air.

They started running for the cover and chaos, some of them were injured or separated from their groups.

Vino Bahi, who broke his arm tried to escape, told the Indian BBC that there is confusion and chaos everywhere. He said that children can be shouted and no one knows what is going on.

Pradarchain, who was killed by his wife, Brashnt Sacci, was killed in the attack, he said Indian Express newspaper He was hit by a bullet because they were screaming from Rum Robor.

The newspaper reported that Js Chandramouli, a retired bank, traveled to Kashmir with his wife and four others, separated from his group, and his bullet -filled body was found several hours after the attack site.

Most of the victims were Hindu men.

Some eyewitnesses said that it seems that the militants had targeted non -Muslims, but others described the shooting as random. He was a local Muslim man among the victims.

The government of India has not given an official account on whether people were targeting on the basis of religion.

Hemanchi, who was in the honeymoon with her husband in Vinay Narwal, can be heard, saying in a video clip, now a virus that one of the attackers asked her husband if he was a Muslim.

She said, “When he said no, the man shot on the dead.”

The couple married last week, on April 16. On Wednesday, Hemanchi made a goodbye to tear to her husband as he lies in a coffin committed to the Indian flag.

“He was the best man. I pray to God that his soul falls into peace and has the best life wherever he is,” she said.

The grandfather of Vinay, Hua Singh Narwal, told BBC Punjabi that his grandson initially wanted to go to Switzerland for honeymoon.

“But he did not get a visa,” he said.

Asavari, the daughter of Santosh Gogdel – a businessman from Maharashtra – PTI news agency that the gunmen asked her father to read an Islamic verse.

“When he failed to do so, they pumped three bullets in it, one in the head, one behind the ear and the other in the back.”

She added that the attackers also killed her uncle, who was standing beside her.

Balvy, whose wife, Mangunath Rao, was killed, told reporters that when she faced the attackers and asked them to shoot at her, one of them said: “I will not kill you. Go tell this. [Prime Minister Narendra] Moody. “

The tragedy of families has been torn and families were saddened.

While they talk to journalists, many relatives collapse in tears.

Sayed Hussein Shah’s mother, a local man who took tourists to ride horseback to win a livelihood and died in the attack, told Annie news that her son was the only family of the family.

She was not converted when the correspondents asked her about her son. Reports stated that hundreds of people attended the funeral of Shah, including Prime Minister Jamo and Kashmir Omar Abdullah, who He said Reporters that the man was killed while trying to stop the attackers.

In the western state of Maharashtra, the family is struggling to reconcile with the sudden loss of three of its members.

ATUL Mone, Sanjay Lie and Hemant Joshi, the cousin who went to Kashmir with six other family members, were killed by the militants.

“We discovered last night [about their deaths]. One of his relatives said “shock.”

The shameful attack shocked one of the most popular tourist destinations in India and was condemned by leaders all over the world. People around India were protesting.

In Kashmir, the local residents closed the markets, companies and schools on Wednesday to protest the attack. Some local population informed BBC that they are afraid that tourists would be afraid, causing irreparable harm to their business and Kashmir’s economy.

There is a strange silence in the tumultuous areas with tourist activity.

More than 24 hours have passed since the horror, and the affected people are still struggling to reconcile with what happened. There is a huge chase ongoing for militants suspected of carrying out killings.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi summarized a foreign trip to return to Delhi to hold talks with security chiefs and other officials.

“These officials will hear and leave such an act. We responded loudly,” said Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. “We will not only get to those who committed this incident but also those sitting behind the scenes, conspiring to commit such actions on the soil of India.”

India has not yet determined those you think the killings. But after the previous attacks, it fired cross -border strikes, blamed the militant groups that it says supported by Pakistan, which denies the accusation.

Observers say that there is now the risk of new hostile actions between nuclear armed neighbors if India takes a similar path of work.

Hanna Singh Narwal says it is full of anger and sadness and wants a “perfect punishment” for the attackers.

Today, I lost my grandson. Tomorrow, another person will lose their mobilization [if such attacks don’t stop]He told BBC Punjabi.

Additional reports by the Indian BBC, Majid Jahangir, BBC Marathi Debali Gaggap and Veniak Higad and BBC Bingabiya Camal Sini