AT least 20 tourists have been killed after gunmen opened fire in an area of Indian-control Kashmir.
Cops described the shooting as being near the resort town of Pahalgam on Tuesday as a “terror attack,” blaming it on militants fighting Indian rule.
Two senior police officers said at least four gunmen, whom they described as militants, fired at dozens of tourists from close range.
The officers said at least three dozen others were injured, many in serious condition.
Most of the tourists killed were Indian, the officers said, speaking on condition of anonymity in keeping with departmental policy.
Officials collected at least 20 bodies in Baisaran meadow, some five kilometers (3 miles) from the disputed regions resort town of Pahalgam.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police and soldiers were searching for the attackers.
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