Overview

• Survivor Rishi Bhatt’s zipline video captures the April 22 attack in Baisaran Valley, where militants killed 26 tourists.
• Eyewitness accounts reveal that attackers demanded victims recite the Islamic Kalma, identifying and targeting them by religion and name.
• The Resistance Front, a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, claimed responsibility for the attack, with militants reportedly disguised in stolen security uniforms.
• The Indian Army arrived 18 minutes after the assault began, securing survivors and initiating a manhunt for the perpetrators.
• India has imposed diplomatic sanctions on Pakistan, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and expelling Pakistani diplomats, in response to the attack.