‘I’m alive but three in my group didn’t make it’

Tourists who were in Indian-administered Kashmir when a deadly shooting attack on tourists took place on Tuesday are now returning to their homes.

Describing the moment the violence broke out, one person said the gunfire had been mistaken for “tigers being hunted”. He survived but said three others in his group did not.

The attack saw a group of gunmen open fire near Pahalgam, a resort in the disputed Himalayan region, leading to the deaths of 26 people.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India will punish “every terrorist and their backers” for the attack.