Chandigarh, April 23 - Security agencies on Wednesday released sketches of three suspects suspected of being involved in the terror attack near Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday. The horrific terror attack killed 26 people, most of whom were tourists.
Officials said the men were Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah and Abu Talha. The three terrorists also had code names, which are Musa, Yunus and Asif.
They were involved in terror-related incidents in Poonch. Officials said the sketches were prepared with the help of survivors of the terror attack.
A shadowy terrorist group, ‘The Resistance Front’, affiliated with the banned Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, had claimed responsibility for the attack on Tuesday afternoon. This horrific act of terror has triggered a wave of mourning across the country, while security forces have launched a vigorous search and counter-terrorism operation to arrest those responsible and expose the conspiracy behind this horrific act of terror.