New Delhi, April 22 -- An Indian Navy officer was among 26 people killed in the deadly terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday.

The officer has been identified as Lieutenant Vinay Narwal (26). He got married on April 16 and was on leave.

"One Indian Navy officer, Lieutenant Vinay Narwal (aged 26 years), who was posted in Kochi, has been killed in the Pahalgam attack while he was on leave. He is a native of Haryana and got married on April 16," reported ANI, quoting defence officials.

As many as 26 people, including two foreigners and two locals, were killed after terrorists opened fire at a famed meadow near Pahalgam town in what is the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019.

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