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At least 26 people were killed and 17 others wounded when gunmen opened fire on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in a restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades.

While senior ministers and Indian officials have not yet provided details of the attack a large section of Indian media blamed Pakistan without citing evidence.

“Godi media hai hai!”

Asawari Jagadale still remembers the sound of gunfire ripping through the meadows in Pahalgam’s Baisaran, and the moment armed men pulled her father from the tent where they were hiding. “They asked him to step outside and recite Islamic verses,” she told Newslaundry. “When he couldn’t, they shot him three…

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Founded in 2019, the little-known group has now taken centre stage in the conflict between India and the rebels.

There is still no indication of who carried out one of the worst recent attacks to hit the restive disputed region.

At least 26 people were killed and more than a dozen injured after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Kashmir

Indian tourist brochures dub the Himalayan region of Kashmir "Little Switzerland", and its mountain meadows are usually packed with visitors escaping the sweltering summer heat in the lowland plains of India.

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A family vacation turned into a nightmare for Manjunath Rao, a real estate businessman and resident of Shivamogga, his wife Pallavi, and their son Abhijay, when Manjunath was shot dead in a terror attack in Kashmir.