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.

Terrorists opened fire at a meadow near Kashmir's Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.

A day after the barbaric Pahalgam attack in Kashmir, widespread condemnation has poured in from across the political spectrum and the public in the Valley. Locals are observing a ‘Kashmir Bandh’ and ‘Jammu Bandh’,