Colonel Taimur Rahat, the Pakistan Army and Air Advisor at their High Commission in London, was filmed making threatening gestures at Indian protestors who were demonstrating in the UK outside the embassy to protest condemn attack in the Valley that killed at least 26 people. 

While holding a poster of Indian Air Force Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman, Colonel Rahat was filmed indicating that he will slit throats of Indians. In the now-viral video, Colonel Taimur Rahat is initially seen holding up a poster with both hands before abruptly lowering one hand to make a throat-slitting gesture towards the protesters.

After the Pahalgam attack in Kashmir, over 500 Indians held a protest outside the Pakistan Embassy on Friday. They held up placards, Indian flags, and banners to express sorrow over the loss of innocent lives and demanded justice for the victims. They raised slogans against terrorism and criticised Pakistan for supporting and sheltering terror groups responsible for such attacks.

In a statement, the organiser said, “Today’s protest was a call for justice and accountability. However, in a disturbing and shameful turn of events, officials within the Pakistan Embassy were seen playing loud celebratory music during the protest–a tone-deaf and disgraceful act that added deep insult to an already grievous injury. While the world mourns the victims, the embassy’s actions displayed a shocking lack of empathy and human decency.”

“Organisers condemn the Embassy’s insensitive behaviour amid national grief. This horrifying terror attack, allegedly linked to Pakistan-sponsored militants, has sparked global condemnation. Families on pilgrimage were brutally attacked–slaughtered simply for their faith,” the statement added. 

“We Indians have gathered here to hold a protest against Pakistan. They (Pakistan) have nurtured a terror factory, and because of which 26 of our people were killed in Pahalgam. We have gathered to protest against it,” one protester told ANI. 

Another said that Indians in the UK are agitated due to the “heinous terror attack” in Pahalgam.

Yet another protester said that Pakistan nurtures terrorism and that the Jewish community has always supported India as they have a common enemy, which is “Islamic radicals”. He said that the Pahalgam attack reminded him of the Hamas attack on Israel, which was conducted in 2023.

“We have a big Jewish community over here, which is always supporting India because we have the same enemy, Islamist radicalisation. It’s the same everywhere. Israel faced it on 7th October, and when I saw this happen in India, it reminded me of that: terrorists coming and killing innocent people, and this terrorism is fed by the Pakistani Islamist regime, and we will be here with the Indians supporting Indians all the time. And Modi is doing great work,” he expressed. 

A fourth protester said that “if Pakistan cannot condemn terror, they are complicit in it”. 

(With inputs from ANI)