Tourists flee India-administered Kashmir after deadly attack


Indian troops on Wednesday (April 23, 2025) guarded the site of the attack where gunmen in Kashmir killed 26 people. - Photo: AFP

PAHALGAM, (India): 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.

On Wednesday (April 23), a day after gunmen killed 26 men in an attack on the popular tourist site of Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reported an "exodus of our guests".

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