VIDEO: Over 2 dozen tourists feared dead in Kashmir terror attack; PM Modi, HM Amit Shah vow to 'not spare' perpetrators

Srinagar: More than two dozen tourists are believed to have been killed and atleast eight others were injured in a major terror attack near the popular tourist destination of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon, official sources said.

There is, however, no official word on the number of fatalities.

The attack that took place at around 1.30 pm at Baisaran meadow — a picturesque but non-motorable location near Pahalgam— drew an immediate response from the Centre, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah rushing to Srinagar to lead a high-level security review.

Shah also briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, about the incident.

Both PM and Home Minister vowed to 'not spare' perpetrators.

Officials said the gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in the Baisaran leading to the high number of casualties.

A video emerged on social media in which a wailing woman, a tourist, said they were eating ‘Bhel puri’ when her husband was shot by a terrorist. Another wailing women in the video was seeking help to save her husband.

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A Kashmiri Muslim man helped all those people who were injured in the attack and took them to the hospital.

While helping, he did not ask anyone's name and religion.

This is Kashmiriyat, this is Islam!#PahalgamTerrorAttack #Pahalgam #TerroristAttack #Kashmir #PahalgamAttack pic.twitter.com/jJRGXpDS7u

— Md. Arman (@MdArmanINC) April 22, 2025 >

Multiple sources told UNI that over two dozen tourists were killed in the terror attack.

Officials said eight injured were brought to a medical facility in Pahalgam and out of them two were shifted to the Srinagar hospital in critical condition.

A police officer said the site of the incident is not accessible by vehicles and security forces were rushed to the spot on foot.

J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha who oversees security and law and order in the Union Territory, said that a search operation has been launched to trace the attackers.

This is the first major terror attack in J&K since 2019.

The last major terror attack took place on February 14, 2019 when a local suicide bomber Adil Dar of Jaish-e-Mohammad rammed his explosive-laden car into CRPF bus at Lethpora Pulwama leaving 40 personnel of the force dead. The attack was followed by Balakote air strikes.

A day later Pakistan retaliated and it triggered a brief dogfight. The Pulwama attack had brought India and Pakistan at the brink of war.

In July 2017, eight pilgrims on the way from Amarnath Cave were killed and over a dozen were injured in a terror attack in south Kashmir.