Pahalgam terror attack: PM Modi holds urgent meeting with NSA, foreign minister
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the Delhi airport on Wednesday morning after returning from Saudi Arabia to assess the situation in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was also part of the meeting, officials said.
Modi was briefed by the officials immediately upon his return amid the nationwide shock and outrage over the most gruesome attack targeting tourists in the Valley in a long spell of time, PTI reported.
Terrorists struck at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, and injuring several others, according to officials.
The deceased included two foreigners -- from the UAE and Nepal -- and two locals, they said.
Modi cut short his trip to Saudi Arabia to return on Wednesday morning, while Home Minister Amit Shah rushed to Srinagar on Tuesday evening to spearhead the security measures.
The prime minister has vowed that those behind the attack will not be spared and brought to justice.
