2025 Pahalgam attack

The 2025 Pahalgam attack was an attack on tourists by five armed militants near Pahalgam in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 civilians, mostly Hindu males, on 22... Wikipedia

  • Location:  Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir
  • Date:  22 April 2025
  • Target:  Tourists
  • Attack type:  Mass shooting, Mass murder, Islamist terrorism
  • Weapons:  AK-47s, M4 carbines
  • Deaths:  26
  • Non-fatal injuries:  20
  • Perpetrators:  The Resistance Front (claimed, later retracted)
  • Number of participants:  5
  • Motive:  Opposition to Indian government residency permits in Kashmir, Opposition to non‑local settlement in Kashmir and alleged demographic change
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo