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-The '''2025 Pahalgam attack''' was an attack on tourists by five armed terrorists near [[Pahalgam]] in the Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in which 26 civilians were killed on 22 April 2025.<ref name="Newsweek 22 Apr"/><ref name = "NYTimes-Hindus">{{Cite news |last1=Mashal |first1=Mujib |last2=Raj |first2=Suhasini |date=23 April 2025 |title=India Takes Aim at Pakistan After Slaughter of Civilians in Kashmir |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/asia/kashmir-attack-india-pakistan.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331|quote="A list of the victims circulating online, which was verified by local officials in Kashmir, showed that 25 of the 26 killed were Hindus."}}</ref><ref name="DH-non-Muslim">{{Cite web |title=Pahalgam and Pakistan's two-nation delusion |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/pahalgam-and-pakistan-s-two-nation-delusion-3513370 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en|quote=" recite the Kalima — a Muslim declaration of faith — to identify and then execute non-Muslims"}}</ref> The militants mainly targeted Hindu tourists, though a Christian tourist and a local Muslim were also killed in the attack.<ref name="Newsweek 22 Apr">Danish Manzoor Bhat, [https://www.newsweek.com/kashmir-massacre-trump-putin-iran-israel-condemn-jihadist-attack-hindu-tourists-2062760 Kashmir Massacre: Trump, Putin, Iran, Israel Condemn Jihadist Attack on Hindu Tourists], Newsweek, 22 April 2025. Updated 23 April 2025. "Witnesses reported the assailants shouted Islamic slogans and specifically targeted people who appeared to be Hindu."</ref><ref name="NYT 23 Apr"/><ref name ="AP-Hindus">{{Cite web |date=30 April 2025 |title=Indian survivors of Kashmir attack say gunmen asked if they were Hindus and opened fire |url=https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-attack-india-pakistan-victims-a5492962cd86174262cb73b85c04c51a |website=AP News |language=en| quote="Indian survivors of Kashmir attack say gunmen asked if they were Hindus and opened fire"}}</ref> The attackers, armed with [[M4 carbine]]s and [[AK-47]]s, entered the tourist spot in [[Baisaran Valley]] surrounded by dense pine forests.<ref name="IE-AK47">{{cite news |title=Terrorists were wearing camouflage outfits, carried M4 carbine, AK-47s, fired 70 rounds: Initial probe |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pahalgam-terror-attack-terrorists-were-wearing-camouflage-outfits-carried-m4-carbine-ak-47s-initial-probe-9959852/ |date=23 April 2025 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] }}</ref> This incident is considered the deadliest attack on civilians in India since the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref name="BBC 23 Apr">{{Cite web |date=23 April 2025 |title=Pahalgam: Rage and grief after 26 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze10y59j91o |website=BBC |quote="Most of the victims were Hindu men" }}</ref><ref name="TH-Terrorists">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Vijaita |date=3 May 2025 |title=Pahalgam terrorist attack: Terrorists mingled with crowd, herded them towards armed members who killed tourists at Baisaran |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pahalgam-attack-terrorists-mingled-with-crowd-herded-them-towards-armed-members-who-killed-toursists-at-baisaran/article69534814.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
+The '''2025 Pahalgam attack''' was an attack on tourists by five armed terrorists near [[Pahalgam]] in the Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in which 26 civilians were killed on 22 April 2025.<ref name="Newsweek 22 Apr"/><ref name = "NYTimes-Hindus">{{Cite news |last1=Mashal |first1=Mujib |last2=Raj |first2=Suhasini |date=23 April 2025 |title=India Takes Aim at Pakistan After Slaughter of Civilians in Kashmir |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/world/asia/kashmir-attack-india-pakistan.html |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331|quote="A list of the victims circulating online, which was verified by local officials in Kashmir, showed that 25 of the 26 killed were Hindus."}}</ref><ref name="DH-non-Muslim">{{Cite web |title=Pahalgam and Pakistan's two-nation delusion |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/pahalgam-and-pakistan-s-two-nation-delusion-3513370 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en|quote=" recite the Kalima — a Muslim declaration of faith — to identify and then execute non-Muslims"}}</ref> The militants mainly targeted Hindu tourists, though a Christian tourist and a local Muslim were also killed in the attack.<ref name="Newsweek 22 Apr">Danish Manzoor Bhat, [https://www.newsweek.com/kashmir-massacre-trump-putin-iran-israel-condemn-jihadist-attack-hindu-tourists-2062760 Kashmir Massacre: Trump, Putin, Iran, Israel Condemn Jihadist Attack on Hindu Tourists], Newsweek, 22 April 2025. Updated 23 April 2025. "Witnesses reported the assailants shouted Islamic slogans and specifically targeted people who appeared to be Hindu."</ref><ref name="NYT 23 Apr"/><ref name ="AP-Hindus">{{Cite web |date=30 April 2025 |title=Indian survivors of Kashmir attack say gunmen asked if they were Hindus and opened fire |url=https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-attack-india-pakistan-victims-a5492962cd86174262cb73b85c04c51a |website=AP News |language=en| quote="Indian survivors of Kashmir attack say gunmen asked if they were Hindus and opened fire"}}</ref> The Islamists attackers, armed with [[M4 carbine]]s and [[AK-47]]s, entered the tourist spot in [[Baisaran Valley]] surrounded by dense pine forests.<ref name="IE-AK47">{{cite news |title=Terrorists were wearing camouflage outfits, carried M4 carbine, AK-47s, fired 70 rounds: Initial probe |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pahalgam-terror-attack-terrorists-were-wearing-camouflage-outfits-carried-m4-carbine-ak-47s-initial-probe-9959852/ |date=23 April 2025 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] }}</ref> This incident is considered the deadliest attack on civilians in India since the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref name="BBC 23 Apr">{{Cite web |date=23 April 2025 |title=Pahalgam: Rage and grief after 26 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze10y59j91o |website=BBC |quote="Most of the victims were Hindu men" }}</ref><ref name="TH-Terrorists">{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Vijaita |date=3 May 2025 |title=Pahalgam terrorist attack: Terrorists mingled with crowd, herded them towards armed members who killed tourists at Baisaran |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pahalgam-attack-terrorists-mingled-with-crowd-herded-them-towards-armed-members-who-killed-toursists-at-baisaran/article69534814.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
 [[The Resistance Front]] (TRF), which is believed to be an offshoot of Pakistan-based UN-designated terrorist group [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT),<ref name="Miller">Manjari Chatterjee Miller, [https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/latest-attack-kashmir-escalates-india-pakistan-tensions The Latest Attack in Kashmir Escalates India-Pakistan Tensions], Council on Foreign Relations, 25 April 2025.</ref><ref name ="AJ-26-tourist"/><ref name="Reuters 23 Apr">{{cite news |author=Shilpa Jamkhandikar |date=23 April 2025 |title=What is The Resistance Front, the militant group linked to Pahalgam attack? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/kashmir-resistance-group-that-claimed-attack-tourists-indian-kashmir-2025-04-23/ |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> initially claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name="AJ 23 Apr">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Yashraj |date=23 April 2025 |title=What is The Resistance Front, the group claiming the deadly Kashmir attack? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/23/what-is-the-resistance-front-the-group-behind-the-deadly-kashmir-attack |website=Al Jazeera|quote="opposed the granting of residency permits to “outsiders”, who critics say could help India change the demography of the disputed region"}}</ref> TRF released a statement that the attack was in opposition to non-local settlement in the region resulting from the [[Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir|abolition of the special status]] of Kashmir.<ref name ="AJ-26-tourist">{{cite news |title= 'Act of war': What happened in Kashmir attack that killed 26 tourists? |url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/23/act-of-war-what-happened-in-kashmir-attack-that-killed-26-tourists |date= 23 April 2025 |agency= [[Al Jazeera English]] }}</ref> However, TRF later denied involvement in the attack and blamed Indian cyber-intelligence for earlier reports that it claimed responsibility.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=26 April 2025 |title=The Resistance Front denies involvement in Pahalgam attack as global pressure mounts |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/as-pressure-mounts-trf-denies-involvement-in-pahalgam-attack/article69495143.ece |access-date=12 May 2025 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Previously, TRF has claimed responsibility for several attacks on Indian-administered Kashmir.<ref name="Quint TRF">{{Cite web |last=Basak |first=Saptarshi |date=11 October 2021 |title=The Resistance Front: The Invisible, LeT-Backed Outfit Terrorising Kashmir |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/the-resistance-front-the-invisible-let-backed-outfit-terrorising-kashmir |work=[[The Quint]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>