India, March 12 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday night reacted to an assassination attempt on National Conference president and father Farooq Abdullah.

"Allah is kind. My father had a very close shave. The details are sketchy at the moment but what is known is that a man with a loaded pistol was able to get within point blank range & discharge a shot," the Jammu and Kashmir CM wrote on X.

He added that it was the close protection team that deflected the shot & ensured that the assassination attempt failed.

"There are more questions than answers at the moment including but not limited to how someone was able to get this close to a Z+ NSG protected former CM," he added further.

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