I am deeply saddened: Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra condoles Pahalgama terror attack

Paetongtarn Shinawatra wrote on X: "I am deeply saddened by the recent horrific attack in #Pahalgam. I share my profound sorry with Prime Minister @NarendraModi and express our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and all those injured during this difficult time."

Modi met the Thai PM earlier this month when he visited the nation to attend the sixth BIMSTEC Summit

Twenty-six people, including 23 Hindu male tourists, were killed by terrorists in Baisaran meadows, a popular destination in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, on April 22.

The terrorists- belonging to The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)- asked the victims to chant Islamic verses (kalma) and made them pull down their pants to be sure of their their non-Muslim religious identities (read circumcision)  before gunning them down before their families, including wives, children and daughters.

The massacre triggered a nationwide outrage and escalated India-Pakistan tensions as New Delhi vowed to avenge the killings.

In an immediate response, India suspended the landmark Indus River water-sharing treaty and closed the Attari-Wagah road border, which acts as a lifeline of Indo-Pak trade and people-to-people ties, besides expelling diplomats, downsizing high commissions and issuing a 48-hour deadline to Pakistani visa holders present in India to leave.