Overview

• Twenty-six people, including 24 tourists, were killed in a terrorist attack at a resort in Pahalgam, marking the deadliest incident in Kashmir since 2019.
• The Resistance Front, a proxy group of Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
• Police have released sketches of three Pakistani suspects, identified as Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah, and Abu Talha, with code names Moosa, Yunus, and Asif.
• Anantnag police announced a Rs 20 lakh reward for information leading to the neutralization of the attackers, assuring the anonymity of informants.
• The J&K government has initiated ex-gratia payments to support victims' families, while security forces continue their anti-terror operations in the region.