Terror attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir leaves at least 26 dead, officials say

New Delhi -They at least 26 people were killed and many other wounds on Tuesday, the vast majority of them tourists, when militants opened fire against civilians in cashmere controlled by India, according to the Indian authorities of the region. Tens of thousands of Indian security forces extended by Kashmir a day after the attack, while the police, the army and the paramilitary forces continued their human hunt for the perpetrators.

Many companies were closed on Wednesday to protest the brutal attack against civilians, attacking a call from religious groups of Kashmir and political parties.

The attack took place in the PAHALGAM area of the southern Kashmir, a picturesque destination dotted with meadows and glaciers that attract hundreds of thousands of Indian and foreign tourists every summer. This tourist traffic has increased in the last year, since militant violence in the largest record of Kashmir, which is disputed between India and neighbor Pakistan, has decreased.

Turn off the call in Kashmiro after Pahalgam's militant attack — There was a strong security presence outside the Government Hospital where tourists received treatment after injuring themselves in a militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Cashmira, on April 23, 2025.

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“Our reports say that the militants of two hot appeared and opened indissimated fire to tourists.” The Indian Express The newspaper cited a senior police officer saying, without appointing him.

“The death toll is still being determined, so I do not want to go into those details. They will be officially transmitted as the situation becomes clearer. Unnecess proves to say that this attack is much larger than anything we have seen directed to civilians in recent years,” Omar Abdullah, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, wrote in a publication on social networks.

Abdullah called the attack “shocking beyond belief” and said that no condemnation word could be enough to punish behind the shooting.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, promised his support for India after the mortal attack.

“Deeply disturbing news of Kashmira,” Trump wrote on social networks. “The United States remains firm with India against terrorism.”

An image of the video transmitted by the Ani news agency of India shows security forces near the scene of a mortal attack against tourists for sustained militants in cashmere controlled by India, on April 22, 2025.

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The attack occurred when the American vice president JD Vance, along with his wife Usha and his children, paid a Visit a personal part To India. Vance with early week with the leader of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Usha Vance is a practicing Hindu whose parents are from India.

It was the sausage attack in the conflict coup region in almost a year, and it arrived at a time when Tourism was recovering. He Last important attack It happened in June 2024, when nine people were killed and 33 killed when militants attacked a bus that transported Hindu pilgrims.

Eight pilgrims were killed and 19 flavored in a similar attack in the region in 2017, when the militants attacked a bus that took them back to the famous temple of the Amarnath cave in southern Kashmir.

Kashmira is in full claimed by both India and Pakistan, but each nation has controlled its own part of the mountainous region for decades.

The picturesque Himalayan region has been regularly beaten by militant violence since an armed anti -india insurgency begged in 1989. The slow conflict has gained tens of thousands of lives approximately more than three decades.

“Firmly condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. I pray for the injured to recover as soon as possible,” said the prime minister in a position on social networks. “Those behind this atrocious act will be taken before justice … They are not saved! Your evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolution to combat terrorism is unwavering and will become stronger.”

India Interior Minister Amit Shah said he would visit the region to review security measures.

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