Terror attack in Jammu-Kashmir's Pahalgam leaves several tourists injured

Security forces rushed to Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam tourist town after shots were heard. Representational pic

Several tourists were injured in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Jammu-Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.

"My husband was shot in the head while seven others were also injured in the attack," a woman survivor told PTI over phone.

The woman did not identity herself but pleaded for help in evacuating the injured to hospital.

A little earlier, security forces rushed to Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam tourist town after shots were heard, a senior police official said here.

Further details of the incident were awaited.

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