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Protests Erupt in London Over Deadly India Attack

4/26/2025

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Protests ignited outside the Pakistan High Commission in London, fueled by outrage over a devastating terror attack in Pahalgam, India, that claimed 26 lives. Tensions flared when Colonel Taimur Rahat made a provocative throat-slit gesture, brandishing a poster of Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, intensifying the already fraught relations between India and Pakistan.

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Protests ignited outside the Pakistan High Commission in London, fueled by outrage over a devastating terror attack in Pahalgam, India, that claimed 26 lives. Tensions flared when Colonel Taimur Rahat made a provocative throat-slit gesture, brandishing a poster of Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, intensifying the already fraught relations between India and Pakistan.