Dee Hadid (NPR Reporter)
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-23-2025 5PM EDT
One eyewitness told local outlet the Press Trust of India that a gunman asked her father to recite a declaration of Muslim faith. When he did not, he was shot dead. It also cited another woman who said her sister, an eyewitness, said a gunman targeted Hindus. The attack and the claims of targeting Hindus raises tensions with neighbouring Pakistan, which also claims Kashmir.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-23-2025 5PM EDT
It came days after Pakistan's army chief reiterated support for those resisting Indian rule. Reuters reports that a little-known group, Kashmir Resistance, says it conducted the attack in retaliation for Hindus settling in Kashmir, which is a Muslim-majority territory. Diya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.