- Veteran Indian political leader Farooq Abdullah narrowly escaped an assassination attempt during a wedding party in Jammu city on Wednesday night.
- CCTV footage shows a man pulling out a handgun and pointing it at the 88-year-old politician, but security personnel quickly tackled and subdued the assailant.
- Police identified the detained suspect as 63-year-old Kamal Singh Jamwal, who allegedly confessed to the attempt, citing a 'personal agenda' and claiming he had planned it for two decades.
- Although a shot was discharged, Mr Abdullah, a three-time former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was unharmed, and police stated the suspect appeared intoxicated and legally owned the weapon, with no evidence of terrorism.
- The incident has been widely condemned by politicians across the spectrum, with Mr Abdullah's son and other leaders highlighting it as a 'major security lapse'.
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