Parviaz Wani( CNI)

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar,Apr 24:

A couple from Maharashtra can thank their stars enough as they had left the terror-affected site in Pahalgam just a few minutes before the tragedy struck and got saved by a whisker.

They also thanked local people in Pahalgam for helping them quickly move away from the site and reach their hotel safely.

Terrorists opened fire in a meadow near the tourist hub of Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 persons, mostly tourists.

Sakshi and Krishna Lolge, hailing from Nanded in Maharashtra, were also visiting Pahalgam around the same time.

We visited the spot where the terror attack took place, but left the place just 15-20 minutes before the incident. We heard the sound of firing after we moved a little away from the place, Sakshi said in a video shot by the couple after they reached their hotel from the incident site.

Some locals helped them to move away quickly