The overarching public sentiment reflects profound grief, anger, and calls for accountability following the Pahalgam terror attack. Many commenters express sorrow for the victims while simultaneously questioning local community involvement and government effectiveness. There is a significant urgency for justice and a strong rejection of any support for terrorism, interlaced with mixed feelings regarding the appropriate response, showcasing divisions in opinion on how to achieve safety and justice.

Indian Government

Local Kashmiri Community

Use this thread to discuss the tragic event. Keep the families who lost their lives and the injured in your thoughts.

that_70_show_fan

man that guy manjunath looked so sweet and nice. RIP poor soul

[deleted]

This is about religion. There is no sugar coating it when they asked for names and killed them. But that doesnt mean muslims should be blamed for this entirely

Background-Bowl7798

My condolences to the victims. Heartbreaking!

How one would feel right now If the affected ones were their brother/sister/mom/dad. 

Security is a joke in India.

The main motto of terrorists is to disturb the unity in India. The more unity we will be, the stronger our country will be. All the countries which share border with us are waiting for our downfall, if we start cold war it will be easier for them to attack or to do any kind of illegal activities to disturb our development.


Remember, India is renowned for its "unity in diversity"

Okay_AI

" There is no religious issue, Pakistan wants india to be divided on communal angles "

Do people really believe in this thing? Kashmir has always been a religious issue, don't deny it. Your post itself shows it. Why do you think the locals who shouted bismillah bismillah were not killed? Why do you think terrorists asked for names and ID cards?

And do you really believe that Pakistani Muslims were the ones who killed them? Pahalgham is not at the border of PoK. Indian Muslims definitely helped them, don't deny it.   
Don't deny that some kashmiri muslims wants to kill indians. Check out the terrorists killed last year. Indian muslims were the majority. Don't deny that islamic terrorism is the root cause of the Kashmir issue. Don't deny that some muslims are radicalized and unless muslims and the Indian government find a solution to the radicalized people, terrorist attacks will continue to happen. No amount of Army and security forces are gonna stop it. 
Check out how many indian security forces were killed last year, terrorist attacks and ambushes are happening (tho less than pre 370 abrogation). The only reason most people don't know about it is because it was only 1-2 at a time and mostly against security forces. 

Do I agree with people hating Muslims after the attack? No, definitely not. But I don't whitewash islamic terrorism by saying " Terrorists have no religion". And I don't really understand liberal people who spout this thing. Do they think radical muslims are not right wing?

Do I want the government to be responsible for this? Yes intelligence and government have failed and they need to be held responsible. 

Do I think people will remember this and vote accordingly? Remember that Congress got elected in 2009 after the Mumbai attacks in 2008. 

The reality is that we indians will forget this soon. How many people remember that two indian army members were beheaded last year? Most don't even know that it happened. 

Do you think there weren't any terrorist attacks in Kashmir last year or in 2023? Only 1-2 persons were getting killed at a time so people didn't notice and the government was happy with it. 

Do you remember when there was a video circulating last year where the Indian army was torturing a kashmiri with chilli who was suspected of being an Over Ground Worker(OGW - They help terrorists)and passed away? The Indian government gave jobs to his family and relocated that army unit because people on SM were not happy. The funny thing is he was later found out to be an OGW. 

Come back in a couple of months, even people who are speaking shit about muslims now will forget this. They will go back to their daily life.

The-_-Conquerer

"This is not about religion."  sure buddy whatever you say

luffyfpk

"this is not about religion"..goes on to put 2 slides highlighting particularly how muslims helped...don't blame terrorists, don't blame their religious extremism...blame the government and go completely silent on the one reason they were killed ..."THEIR RELIGION".. have some shame..IDK how such posts are allowed which are so disengious that after a slight lip service it's back to same old narratives...to hell with proof...to hell with reality...u have no sympathy with victims...u have no pain for the attack caused...all u want to do is propagate the same old thing... religion has nothing to do with it!!

Bleachigo1

There might be intelligence failure but guerilla attacks like this cannot be 100 percent anticipated. Blaming the army or intelligence without facts is an obfuscation of the issue. Adani has nothing to do with this issue as that was near Gujarat border. Blame the government all you want but if you lived through early 2000's you would know how normalised the security situation in India comparatively.  I think we need to be rational in understanding the issues and not blame one religion or one party just criticize based on facts

Ash1219

While I agree with most of your statements, the part about Kashmiris grieving at the loss is a hard pill to swallow. They might be worried about loss of tourism revenue or upcoming Army deployments, but one look at the Kashmiri Sub and you'll see that they aren't as sad as you think.

Kashmir still has a lot of innocent civilians but a significant population is highly radicalized. What that holds for India is something only time will tell but these attacks won't end till we get rid of the radicalized population there.

Also, I don't have anything against Muslims. But Kashmir is a whole different story.

Neel_writes

We might have small communities divided as a result of religious differences within the country. But, if this is an attack on our country, then it is an act of war against India and for that all communities MUST stand united. You rightly pointed out, this was intended to create disruption and divide the two major religions existing in India so as to grab our Kashmir on a platter. Let us not let that happen! The Muslim community in India are trying to prove their loyalty to our motherland and we must acknowledge it.

Familymanuae

Hindus tolerate muslims in 28 states they can't in 1 state. That's the problem. That's the truth. No hitting around the bush. 

They attacked cus there wasn't enough security is the laziest defence. 

I know few locals are helpful. I know they want strictest punishments to those pak based terrorists. "Few" that's the problem cus if you talk to them privately they will show their true Colors.

OfferWestern

So sick. Soooooo fucking sick to my stomach. Selling 2500 acres right near the border even after warning?! Fucking fuckers playing God!

bslife_

It’s good to hold govt accountable, but based on that blatantly putting down govt including PM &amp; HM is a little overboard as if they did nothing in the last few years. They organised G20 summit &amp; going to open highest bridge in J&amp;K, these changes are efforts to bring normalcy back.

After removing article 370, Kashmir has seen such improvements &amp; tourist increase. But decades of terrorism activities suddenly don’t go to zero. Intelligence and army would’ve stopped 99 attacks when one of such incidents become reality.

Let’s hold govt accountable &amp; they should do swift operations to catch those and kill them.

AcademicSlice7355

Yeah let’s blame the Indian military which has been constantly attacked in the valley as encroachers and defunded on a national scale to divert funds for minority appeasement. 

There is nothing ‘sus’ about these attacks, there were open posts about shooting tourists in the cesspool of Indian hatred that is r/Kashmiri just last week, there are Indian radical Islamists celebrating this openly today. 

Stop playing 4D chess even when the truth is plain and in front of you. The hardcore radical islamists must be removed from this country to progress. This is coming from a secular rational citizen

bbb345y

Anyone, who truly wants to go to war, has never truly been there before.

People on social media saying India should go to war with Pakistan. 

Are u stupid? 

It will kill far more than 27 people on both sides. 

Our economy will crumble (look at Ukraine). 

Poverty will rise. Border states will get destroyed. 

And rich people and politicians will leave when risk increases. 

Only poor suffers.

We should fight strategically, starving them of resources.

vikasofvikas

Terrible-Serve2045

Helomyoldfrend

Man in all honesty, this comments and opinions on Reddit are so much more mature and informative, while on YT and insta the only thing I can see is people saying is we want Islam free India, these people don’t realise that we were able to send away the British only when all of India was united no Hindu no Muslim only Indians,more united India is more stronger it is,

BlacksmithLoud9140

on same day or the day before the attack , a video was surfacing where a man or teenager was tied up and beaten and the mob was telling him to say a "chant" of three words . so we should not blame a religion we should blame the people or group who did that

Federal_Sample2838

Among those who were killed, there were Christians too.  Nobody spoke about that. Local Muslims did try to help with one losing life. No one spoke about that. Playing politics is the best way to get brownie points. It was pure and simple. Failure of intelligence and failure of administrative machinery. Just few days back the VIP visit was there and they filed the plan. How is it that there is no air surveillance, guards or protection for common people?

Fresh-Dragonfruit-37

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Exactly bro  
source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human\_rights\_abuses\_in\_Jammu\_and\_Kashmir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir)

Friendly-Finding710

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Fun-Collection9356

Finally a sensible post from a community when most of the other subs are just trying to dehumanise Kashmiris and Muslims. Right from the morning there are countless posts or comments that actively call for "Gaza treatment" , "Final solution" , etc kind of things when it is the Kashmiris who will suffer the most after the deceased families. 
It is like the ideology of some of these people and the terrorists that killed innocent people is the same, only they differ in the name of their religion !

They don't understand that those terrorists wanted people to know that they deliberately killed in the name of the religion to give it a religious color and these people are actively helping them

Grey_Blax

The first ever sensible post I have seen on reddit regarding this horror. I was saying these things in almost every comment section but 'our own people' called me a terrorist supporter. Why don't people understand these things. I am truly saying from my heart. Just one thing that,  we should be united and talk about justice, technology, development and it will make OUR INDIA great again. Our India has ruled over the world about 13 centuries just because there was no religion conflicts before.

Spiritual-Lab-7475

How many times u say terrorist want us we split on basis of religion. When we just limited to only some states like gujurat and odisha. Our population wiped out from karachi from 50 to 1 percent ,7 lakh in Afghanistan to zero in Afghanistan, 30 percent in Bangladesh in1941, 23 percent in 1951, 13 percent in 1974, 8 percent in 2021 , expected zero in 2050 in Bangladesh , 2lakh 50 thousand forced to migrate from kashmir, murshidabad has 400 family migrated . In every muslim dominated area our population decreased so the fear of migration increase . So when you gonna accept it is terrorist that do these heinous act u seculars justified no terrorism has no religion.

Adorable-Ad1165

This is about religion. While I understand that this is what pakistan wants - hindu vs muslim - I still cannot shake the feeling that when you are spared or killed based on the answer to the question of What is your religion?, it does becomes about religion.

When a Hindu mob can be responsible for tragic death of alleged beef eater, why cannot Muslim terrorist be responsible for killing of Hindu tourists

RHLRANJAN

It was my first time in Pahalgam, and we were just 2 kilometers away from the attack site. Terrifying doesn’t even begin to describe it. Around 2:30 pm, we saw two men in the marketplace who seemed suspicious—looking back, I fear they might have been the attackers.

The media, meanwhile, is turning this into chaos. What’s circulating online is mostly propaganda, far from the ground reality. The truth is, there was no visible security in areas packed with tourists. Not a single officer in sight—just locals. If someone were to fall into a pit, wander off a cliff, or face any emergency, no one would even know. No signal, no help.

The local community, especially the pony and cab union members, were incredibly welcoming. They made sure tourists felt safe and had a great experience. Even when the news reached them , they made sure we reached our hotels first , lying it was a landslide to not cause panic .If it weren’t for the national highway getting blocked, the casualty numbers could’ve easily crossed 50—maybe even hit triple digits.

Had this happened in Sonmarg, it would've been an absolute disaster. There’s no way out, no systems in place. Hundreds of tourists, and yet the only people stepping up were those same pony riders—locals with no weapons, just the will to help.

It's deeply concerning. Is this leniency or sheer negligence? There’s literally no real sense of safety until you reach the main highway tunnel. The people who truly need to be held accountable are those in power—the ones who create conditions where terror thrives.

All those families, here to experience what felt like heaven on earth… all that joy, turned to dust. Fear has taken too much control.

And the youth—how can they resist when all they want is to stay alive and support their families? These locals aren’t even seeing basic development. They're stuck in the cycle, not because they support it, but because survival leaves them no choice.

It’s heartbreaking.

Key_Wall9244

[watch this video](https://youtu.be/r0oVQrnwln0?feature=shared)

Aggravating_Eye8757

I’m sorry but this time, as it has many times before - the call is coming from Inside the house. 

Everyone is too focused on the “befitting reply” (India’s love for antiquated terminology is very irritating), we always forget to ask the MOST important question. **HOW, WHO and Where** did the failure occur that allowed this to happen in a high security state??

Why now of all times? Could there be a hidden agenda? Not necessarily of the Terrorists but also of our people? Who stands to gain from wide spread anti Muslim sentiments?

And finally the most logical question that everyone ignores: Indian Muslims are literally a few steps away from state sponsored genocide. Why would anyone assume that this would be good or desirable for Indian Muslims. They are Indians first - right?

But wrong. We have Gobarjeevis who think otherwise. 

So unless we know the WHY, WHO and WHERE, you can’t disprove or deny my question. Was someone instructed to look the other way? To let this happen?

Proud_Engine_4116

maverick54050

First sensible post i saw about this bro, r/ni_bondha lo maree incident gurinchi odhlesi migitavi anni matladthunnaru

Ok_Definition_9266

https://www.reddit.com/r/andhra_pradesh/s/mH409Nf3WG

Justinlve

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Appropriate-While269

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pranatbharti_pahalgam-terror-attack-a-call-for-justice-activity-7320944362501132289-HtXI?utm_source=social_share_send&amp;utm_medium=android_app&amp;rcm=ACoAAD-_PPoBqMcBDEHhL-PltOTDzXlT4Gt7ALg&amp;utm_campaign=whatsapp

Independent-Joke364

The only solution i think can work for us in this situation is if and only if Indian Muslims come forward and take action they say it loud and clear that they don't support this and they should lead with an example
Otherwise it will only lead to rift between Hindus and Muslims growing worse because this time it was us Hindus who were targeted brutally and openly.
If you want me to believe that not all muslims in India are like this only very few then show me make me believe with your actions not these empty words.

Adventurous-Act-4672

However much I may agree with you, but the fact remains that social media spins and spews hatred and divisive mentality. It's too deep rooted. Even if you ask someone to think why there was an intelligence failure, they will shrug it and jump to divisive approach. I guess Pakistan has already won a battle without fighting...

Fluffy-Research9155

to all my idian brethern abhi humein bardasht karna hoga  
just read all the news of industries coming to india  
this is likely china backed plan executed by bitch munir  
to all the folks of muslim community we will trust you more once

1. report radical element belonging to your relegion to police immediatley
2. report people belonging to ur relegion cheering for pakistna victory against india in any sport
3. ask your maulana to reform the hardlining elements in your texts
4. stop your bretheren to offern namz on roads you have mosques 5)and most importantly put nation first relegion is below that 6)every time  a soldier of induan armed foreces is slained at border masjids loudspeakers should begin azaan by paying respect and praying for them (because some elements from your relegion react with laughing emoji on such news) with same fervor as you did with paelistine 7)report people from your community  leaving this country to join isis and LeT

and you will be asked to prove your  nationalism again and again  and you will either respond to these question with smile on face or play the victim card ,this is  where all ya'alls maturity will really help us to believe that your efforts are sincere  
when top 10 global terrorist orgs are  from islam  
it brings into question why  
as for kashmri "ralib galib chalib" was very prevelant in time of a bygone era , this is the price kashmiri will pay for fostering those elements and ousting and genociding kashmirir pandits

**बोया पेड़ बबूल का तो आम कहाँ से होय**

often people are tested and they either break or they come through so all eyes on you  
this is not the last of  such attacks becuase they have meat factories across border and you will have to keep the same energy and instead of saying  "indian muslims are not involved, why question us  "  
say   
"indian muslims are not involved because bharat mata ki jai" this bharat mata ki jai wont go well with your relegion as anything other than praise to allah is a sin so lets see the sincereity and energy we wont forget  
india will develop and there will come a time where china will weaken and we will rise so you can chose that glorious future or chose the ummah or whatever nonsesne ya'll bieng sold and tol to believe  
jo bharat ka hai wo bharat ki jai bolega chahe action se ya words bina jijhke aur jo n boleg usko phor waise hi judge kiya jaega  
my words are not incendiary  but more of an advie for you to introspect  
instead of showing your frustation on other indians for questioning you you should rather think why your community has lost trust globally  
this current gen of muslim is very easy to radicalize i just hope you prove us wrong and take up job as doctors and enterpreneurs  
osama was a civil engineer , many mallu muslim left for isis recruitment so ask yourself why we all are frustated

CommercialSize9382

Best business idea right now : Anyone selling Pakistan Flag Doormats online will make millions 🤣

Ok-Dish-4208

People shouting intel failure don't know what an intel failure is

WatcherontheWall1706

Is it true that we are objecting to an international investigation into this terrorist attack? If so, why?

ReachSenior3499

Muslims have one of lowest concentration in Indian army why is there loyalty is that low or they have that much low literacy

Nova_011

The smile disappearing in the last frame as the reality sets in

Locals are also involved.. Terrorism has only one Religion..

hollybollycorn

maverick2309

According to intel agencies 14 local Kashmiris helped &amp; supported Pahalagam Pakistan terrorists. Names below. What is common between ALL OF THEM?:

Mohammad Adil Rahman Dentu (21) Mohammad Asif Ahmed Sheikh (28) Mohammad Ahsan Ahmed Sheikh (23) Mohammad Haris Nazir (20) Mohammad Amir Nazir Wani (20) Mohammad Yawar Ahmed Bhat Mohammad Asif Ahmed Khande (24) Mohammad Naseer Ahmad Wani (21) Mohammad Shahid Ahmed Kute (27) Mohammad Amir Ahmad Dar Mohammed Adnan Safi Dar Mohammad Zubair Ahmad Wani (39) Mohammad Haroon Rashid Ganai (32) Mohammad Zakir Ahmed Ghani (29)

You welcomed a snake into your home, believing it was harmless since it claming that he is not poisonous. You then accused your family of being irrationally fearful of snakes, suggesting they were being unfair to the snake. However, as the snake started reproducing rapidly, it demanded its own space. When you refused, the snake began to attack your children. After witnessing the harm caused to family members, your father eventually agreed to provide the snake with its own room to restore peace. 

Nonetheless, more snakes began entering your space, and your father took steps to remove them. However, you disagreed, labeled him intolerant, snakophobic  and criticized him harshly. Despite your father's attempts to highlight the danger, you persisted, resulting in more snakes being allowed in. As they multiplied, the problem escalated, and you found yourself blaming your father again. This scenario raises questions about accountability: Is it the snake, whose nature is inherently dangerous, the father who tried to protect the family, or yourself for not acknowledging the consequences of your actions? It is you who is the parasite to this nation and ur family (community). No one has done more damage to this nation than so called secular intellectual who fought for the right of snake to bite. But not for the real victim. 

You then sought help, questioning why help would come when the issue was self-inflicted. Why would mother from UP and Bihar send their sons to army so that they can give you security. What is your responsibility to ur community and nation. Since you are the real problem and the parasite. 

 It emphasizes the importance of taking responsibility rather than blaming others. 

 Furthermore, the snake often accuses your father of mistreatment and snakophobic but fails to explain why it keep coming here to die since he already got the home land to stay safe. Since snake also know that he cannt survive on him own without sucking blood of hard working memeber of ur family. As u can see the condition of ur neighbouring countries.  

So next time ask these question to the people who support and fight for the right of the snake not to ur father....

https://www.youtube.com/live/oiV2qR5C85E?feature=shared

Jayhind25

Local people were helping terrorist what else can be expected from muslims

Who-_I-Am

The man even chanted allah hu akbar in the beginning. This is not the complete video. Refer to Tatva's post on instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/thetatvaindia/reel/DI\_lP3Yz9Ob/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/thetatvaindia/reel/DI_lP3Yz9Ob/?hl=en)

CrazyPrettyAss

lahsivishal

You can see this man on others videos from different POV.

UabbaU

GoldenDew9

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Cold_Telephone6689

I often say that the anonymity of the internet and a screen has made people a little too comfortable. Half of me feels like this is great, amazing even. Do this with all these folks, folks who go online and send r@pe threats to women, who degrade others and use language you'd get thrashed for in person.   
The other half of me feels like it's just mob justice. We should have proper channels to investigate these matters, and people should never take the law into their own hands. But when police fail to do the job they are paid to do, people have to take up the mantle. I'm still torn on this.

Silver15987

par bg mein raam naam ka music kyun lagaya hua hai? woh maar toh desh ka gaddar hone ki kha raha hai, kuch ae watan wagerah lagao?

madeofmelancholy

Citizens  have to do their duty.  Identify this all MFs and treat the same way. No mercy remove their pants and check As well if in doubt.

getonthegun

Relevant-Ticket1442

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bigdaddy_1999

Han bhai bgm thoda or uncha kar deta, sunai nahi dera tha dhang se.

Particular_Main_1023

One is Caught red handed ✋️  there are many between us. be aware  be safe.

Sea_Mycologist1751

i see some people crying here in comments..... enemies are within our country fellas

DistributionOk4488

EastDescription7547

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itsthekrish

bhai ki akkad fir b kam nahi huyi hai,,,,,,dhng se maro is aatankvaadi ko

Serious_Candidate_52

[source](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/dehradun-news/dehradun-man-arrested-for-objectionable-facebook-comment-on-pahalgam-attack-101745763562695.html)

DigPsychological978

Shahil bhai ki waise bhi charbi bad gae thi. Isko bolte h quick weight loss

Prestigious-Win-6295

bloodyzulfy

Idk about this being right or wrong but we are more peaceful and accepting than we preach given the community he belongs to for ex there's this guy at my office bro he brings beef to the office like bruh ? Even those who eat nonveg were disgusted and the fact he sits with us and one time even offered me though it was different meat plus I am a vegetarian everyone took it very lightly but he knew what he's doing not once but so many times it has happened and there are lot of issues apart from this, NGL these people need some different typa treatment. ( I'm assuming they are I'll mentally ) 

Respectfully.

PotentialRich2296

Gangajal is the only thing that can clean them I guess

6Nirvana9

_Puzzle_headed_

Admirable-Echidna-37

Antankwadi desh ke andar bhi hai. With multiple proofs.

Foreign_Iron_4966

Disgusting, he can STILL walk ? Do better when he gets out.

thebluechick

Well deserved thrashing.

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Taydman1981

Uttarakhand Hindus got balls of steel, this is what’s needed to keep jehadis in check.

Lucky_Teach_9956

According_Round_9151

Gold_Culture_8386

This is DESHDROH and I feel there is nothing wrong in doing something like this to just anyone, 

Even I feel that BELT treatment is lacking.

Bravo_21b

As an Indian muslim I really loved this video

Affectionate_Bit_713

iski celebrate karne ki video kaha hai mc, bheed banake akele ko pakad ke tumne jo bol dia wo mana nhi jayga or ese hadso jis din tum mese ek bhi mar gya na usdin sare rule power sabko hosh ayga

Alirangrez

Pakistani Mods have me warning for sharing this.

The_Scheduler

Mere Hinduon Chaku rakho meat wale aur kaat do aise desh drohiyon ko

Kamite_keiichi

zabber1747

Savings_Sundae_872

People should direct their anger to actual problems like this guy instead of random puncture wala uncle.

BitKnightRises

kya kiya jaye en logo ka, matkab kya hi kar sakte h. Agar marege to ohir log a jayege kahne they are in khatare me h in all that.

Camping-soul

MS7k1

SeaRider_

InfiniteTree2875

Soovar...uthake fenko pakistan me. It's time.

ashivyas

Pls find pigs like him and give them the same treatment.

Electronic_Field_426

Sale ko itna maro itna maro ki Allah ne name pe dar lag jaye

Sayandeep10

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