Singapore condemns terrorist attack on tourists in India’s Jammu and Kashmir
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Women reacting on April 23 during the funeral of a victim in a suspected militant attack near Pahalgam in Kashmir.
PHOTO: REUTERS
SINGAPORE – Singapore has strongly condemned the April 22 terrorist attack in India’s Jammu and Kashmir that left at least 26 people, mostly tourists, dead and 17 injured.
“We stand with India in the fight against terrorism,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on April 23.
The attack took place in the Baisaran valley in the Pahalgam area of the scenic Himalayan federal territory.
It was the worst attack on civilians in India since the 2008 Mumbai shootings, and shattered the relative calm in Kashmir, where tourism has boomed as an anti-India insurgency has waned in recent years.
The dead included 25 Indians and one Nepalese national, the police said.
“As of now, we have no information that any Singaporeans were among the casualties,” the MFA said.
It added that Singapore’s High Commission in New Delhi “is monitoring the situation closely”.
The ministry said Singaporeans in India requiring consular assistance may contact the nearest Singapore Overseas Missions or the MFA Duty Office as follows:
High Commission of the Republic of Singapore in New Delhi
E-6 Chandragupta Marg
Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110021
Tel: +91-981-020-3595 (For Singaporeans in distress)
E-mail: singhc_del@mfa.sg
Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Chennai
17-A North Boag Road
T.Nagar, Chennai 600017
Tamil Nadu
Tel: +91-984-003-3136
E-mail: singcon_maa@mfa.sg
Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Mumbai
152, 14th Floor, Maker Chambers IV
222, Jamnalal Bajaj Road
Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021
Tel: +91-82910-32836
E-mail: singcon_bom@mfa.sg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Duty Office (24 hours)
Tanglin, Singapore 248163
Tel: +65 6379 8800 / 8855
E-mail: mfa_duty_officer@mfa.gov.sg
