Days Ahead Of Pahalgam Terror Attack, LeT Commander Called For Bloodshed In J&K: ‘Try it, Inshallah…'

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Pahalgam Terror Attack: LeT commander Abu Musa referred to the abrogation of Article 370 and a bid to change the demography of Kashmir as he called for attacks in the valley.
Just days ahead of the terror attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 tourists were killed, Lashkar-e-Taiba commander called for jihad and bloodshed at a rally. The rally was held on April 18 in Rawalkot's Khai Gala in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) where LeT commander Abu Musa referred to the abrogation of Article 370 and a bid to change the demography of Kashmir as he called for attacks in the valley.
Abu Musa, who leads the so-called Jammu Kashmir United Movement (JKUM), said, 'India removed Article 370 and 35A to change the demography. You deployed your 10 lakh army. You wanted to echo 'Ram Ram' in Pulwama, Poonch, Rajouri. Lashkar-e-Taiba accepts your challenge. Modi, inside your closed courtrooms, you passed your orders. But the battlefield belongs to the mujahideen."
He added, 'Try it, Inshallah, we will shower bullets, slit your necks, and honour the sacrifices of our martyrs."
The April 18 rally was held as a 'tribute conference" for two militants – Akif Haleem and Abdul Wahab. Haleem was killed in Kupwara on March 17 by the 21st battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles while Abdul Wahab was neutralised in an encounter in Sopore on April 24, 2024.

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