- WASHINGTON — US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Friday shunned
a Pakistani journalist during a press briefing for questioning her over border
tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terrorist attack in
Jammu and Kashmir, adding that US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State
Marco Rubio made clear that the US stood with India and strongly condemned all
forms of terrorism.
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- "I am not going to be remarking on it. I appreciate
this, and perhaps, we will come back to you with another subject. I will say
nothing more on that situation. The President and the Secretary have said
things, as have the Deputy Secretary; they have made their positions clear. I
will not continue with something of that manner," Bruce said.
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- She said that the US prays for those who lost their lives
in the terror attack and for the recovery of the injured.
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- On the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Bruce said, "As
President Trump and Secretary Rubio have made clear, the US stands with India,
strongly condemns all acts of terrorism. We pray for the lives of those lost
and pray for the recovery of the injured and call for the perpetrators of this
heinous act to be brought to justice."
Read: Cowardly strike on innocent citizens will evoke strong response: Government on Pahalgam terror attack
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- US President Donald Trump had called Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to offer condolences for the victims of the terror attack.
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- PM Modi thanked Trump for his support and said that India
is determined to bring perpetrators and backers of this "cowardly and
heinous terrorist attack" to justice.
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- On April 22, terrorists killed 26 people, including
tourists at Baisaran, a popular tourist spot in South Kashmir's Pahalgam, known
as "Mini Switzerland".
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- Addressing a public meeting in Bihar's Madhubani, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi vowed that India will "identify, track, and
punish" every terrorist and their "backers" involved in the
Pahalgam carnage and pursue the killers to the "ends of the earth".
