Tourist unwittingly captures terror attack as he films himself ziplining with a selfie stick

Eerie footage shows a tourist enjoying a zipline ride — unaware that below him, a deadly terror attack is in progress.The tourist filmed himself on the ride during his trip to Pahalgam in India’s Jammu and Kashmir province, scene of a horror attack last week, which left 26 civilians dead.In the short video, the visitor, wearing a blue checked shirt, sunglasses, and a safety helmet, smiles at the camera as he records his ride using a selfie stick.He seems unaware that, in the background, gunshots are clearly audible and dozens are seen desperately running away.At one point toward the end of the clip, a gunshot rings out loudly, and a tourist is seen falling to the ground, NDTV reported.The tourist in the viral video, Rishi Bhatt from Ahmedabad, said he had no idea what had happened until he got to the other side and detached himself from his safety belt.“I took my wife and son and started running.We saw people hiding at a spot which was like a pit, so they could not be spotted easily.

We hid there too,” he told the ANI news agency.“When the firing stopped a little after 8-10 minutes, we started running toward the main gate … The firing resumed, and four to five people were shot.Around 15-16 tourists were shot in front of us.

When we reached the gate, we saw the local residents had already left.“One pony guide helped us to leave the place.The Army was present in the lower areas.

There was no Army official at the main location,” he added.Twenty-five of the dead were Indian tourists and one Nepali following the shooting at Baisaran, an area dubbed “mini Switzerland” for its stunning mountains and meadows.The Resistance Front, a militant group with ties to a banned Pakistani terror group and that opposes Indian rule of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region, claimed responsibility for the April 22 attack.Following the attack, India downgraded its diplomatic ties with Pakistan — which also claims ownership of Jammu and Kashmir — and revoked vi...