Over half of Kashmir tourist spots shut in security review

Flow disrupted: People taking a boat ride in the waters of the Indus River near the Lansdowne Bridge in Sukkur, in the southern Sindh province. India, furious after a deadly attack, has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, with Islamabad warning that any attempt to stop water flow would be considered an ‘act of war’. — AFP

More than half of the tourist destinations in India’s insurgency-torn Kashmir region have been closed to the public from yesterday, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters, in a bid to tighten security after last week’s attack on holiday-makers.

The assailants segregated men, asked their names and targeted Hindus before shooting them at close range in the Pahalgam area, killing 26 people, officials and survivors said.