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Salman, Shah Rukh condemn Pahalgam terror attack
Salman, Shah Rukh react to Pahalgam terror attack

Salman, Shah Rukh condemn Pahalgam terror attack

Apr 23, 2025
04:47 pm

What's the story

Bollywood celebrities have been taking to social media to condemn the recent terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam. The attack, which left 26 people, including an Indian Navy officer and an Intelligence Bureau personnel, dead, was perpetrated by The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Salman Khan lamented on X in Hindi: "Kashmir, heaven on planet earth turning into hell. Innocent people being targeted, my heart goes out to their families."

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Celebrity reactions

SRK, Priyanka Chopra, and other stars demanded justice

Shah Rukh Khan too took to X to express sadness and anger over the incident. He wrote, "Words fail to express the sadness and anger at the treachery and inhumane act of violence that has occurred in Pahalgam." "In times like these, one can only turn to God and say a prayer for the families that suffered and express my deepest condolences." Priyanka Chopra, too, expressed anger at the act on Instagram: "What happened in Pahalgam is reprehensible."

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'In times like these, one can only turn to God'

Collective outcry

Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar have expressed their sorrow

Other celebrities, including Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, and Katrina Kaif, also mourned and called for justice for the families of this tragedy. The attack took place at Baisaran, a popular meadow near Pahalgam, around 3:00pm on Tuesday. Saifullah Kasuri alias Khalid, a LeT veteran, is suspected to be the mastermind behind the ghastly attack.