At least 26 people were killed after gunmen opened fire near a tourist resort in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the shooting a "terror attack," which also left several people injured.

Most of the dead were tourists from India. Some foreigners were among the fatalities, according to local media reports.

What do we know about the attack?

The shooting occurred near the resort town of Pahalgam, around 90 kilometers (55 miles) by road from Srinagar, the disputed region's summer capital.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that "the attack is much larger than anything we've seen directed at civilians in recent years."

According to Indian media reports, The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, has claimed responsibility for the shooting.

Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind a series of attacks in Mumbai in November 2008 that killed 166 people.

In a post on social media platform X, the region's governor Manoj Sinha condemned "the cowardly terror attack on tourists." He added: "I assure the people that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished." 

Modi made a similar promise. 

"Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice...they will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger," the Indian prime minister wrote on X.

Modi cut short a trip to Saudi Arabia following the attack.

The shooting was also condemned by US President Donald Trump, who spoke to Modi over the phone to offer his "full support," according to India's Foreign Ministry.

Trump called the attack "deeply disturbing" on his Social Truth platform, with a White House spokesperson describing it as a "brutal terrorist attack."

Kashmir attracting tourists despite risks

Anti-Indian rebels in the Muslim-majority region have waged an insurgency since 1989.

They are seeking independence or a merger with Pakistan. Islamabad administers a smaller part of the Kashmir region and, like India, claims the region in its entirety.

India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored, which Pakistan denies, saying it only supports the region's self-determination aspirations. Tens of thousands of civilians, rebels and government forces have been killed in the conflict. 

India has an estimated 500,000 soldiers permanently deployed in the territory. Fighting decreased following the Modi government's decision to revoke Kashmir's limited autonomy in 2019.

Since then, the authorities have heavily promoted the mountainous region as a holiday destination - for skiing during the winter months, and to escape the intense heat during the summer.

Around 3.5 million tourists visited Kashmir in 2024, according to official figures. The majority were domestic visitors.