Tuesday's bloodshed in Pahalgam - where at least 26 tourists were killed in a hail of gunfire - marks the deadliest militant attack in Kashmir since 2019. The victims weren't soldiers or officials, but civilians on holiday in one of India's most picturesque valleys.

Activists from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) burn an effigy during a protest following a suspected militant attack near south Kashmir's scenic Pahalgam, in Srinagar,. REUTERS/Stringer (Reuters) - Twenty-six people were killed and 17 were injured when suspected militants opened fire at tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Tuesday,

A deadly militant attack on tourists in the Pahalgam area of India's Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir has drawn widespread international condemnation.