India, June 5 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, addressing members of the Indian diaspora in Washington, recounted the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, highlighting the brutal reality of terrorism and the importance of international solidarity.

Recounting a harrowing moment from the April 22 attack, Tharoor said, "A woman, who had just witnessed her husband being gunned down, screamed in horror, 'kill me too'," Tharoor told the audience. "But the terrorists said no. They wanted her to live, to carry the story of what had happened."

The story, he explained, was emblematic of the deliberate cruelty behind the attack, where victims were reportedly asked their religion before being executed at close range. "That is the m...