A group of militants opened fire on tourists on Tuesday afternoon at Baisaran meadows in Pahalgam, a hill station in Anantnag District, south of Kashmir, and the attack has claimed lives of 27 innocent lives.

It is learned that the incident happened between 2.45 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the popular tourist spot in the district. Around 40 tourists were at the location during the time of incident. A small outfit called Kashmir Resistance has claimed responsibility for the attack. This incident happened at a time when US Vice-president JD Vance is on a 4-day visit to India.

In view of the terrorist attack in Kashmir, PM Modi skipped the official dinner hosted by Saudi Arabia and has decided to cut short his visit. While he was originally scheduled to return on Wednesday night, he will now arrive in India early Wednesday morning.

Addl.info - 3 persons belonging to Tamil Nadu were reportedly injured in the incident. Dr.Parameshwaram - Chennai; Santru (83); and Balanchandra (57) were among the injured.