Pahalgam Attack, April 23 -- It was a usual sunny day on April 22 at Baisaran - a popular meadow surrounded by dense forests - in south Kashmir's Pahalgam, until the fateful afternoon rang in.

As hundreds of tourists moved around, the serenity of the place was shattered at around 3 pm when a group of gunmen, reportedly two or three clad army uniforms, emerged from the dense forests and opened indiscriminate fire, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, including a couple on honeymoon.

The terror attack, one of the most lethal in Jammu and Kashmir's recent history, was carried out on a day when US Vice President JD Vance was in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a state visit to Saudi Arabia.

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