'Terror can never succeed' : Farooq Abdullah on neutralization of Pahalgam attackers
Dr Abdullah was responding to a question from reporters regarding Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement in Parliament that the three terrorists killed in Srinagar yesterday were involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
'I have not seen them. I do not know who they were. Only those who have seen them can identify who they were. If they were really the same terrorists, then it is a very good thing. It is a good thing that they have learned that terrorists can never be successful,' Abdullah said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said the three terrorists killed in gunbattle in Srinagar yesterday were identified as Suleiman alias Faisal, Afghan and Jibran and said they were behind the Pahalgam terror attack.
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