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The 2025 Pahalgam attack was an attack on tourists by five armed militants near Pahalgam in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, killing 28 civilians on 22 April 2025. The incident took place at the tourist spot in Baisaran Valley and is considered the deadliest event of its kind in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The Resistance Front (TRF), which is believed to be an offshoot of the Pakistan-based UN-designated terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, initially claimed responsibility, stating that the attack was in opposition to Indian government policy allowing Indian citizens to live and work in Kashmir, that resulted in non-local settlement in the region. Four days later, they retracted their claim of responsibility.
The attackers, armed with M4 carbines and AK-47s, entered the tourist spot, which is surrounded by dense pine forests. According to survivors, the attackers singled out the men, and asked their religion before shooting them. Some tourists said that they were asked to recite the Islamic verse of kalima. Of the 26 people killed, 25 were tourists, and one was a local Muslim pony operator who tried to wrestle a gun from the attackers. All tourists killed were Hindus, except for one identified as a Christian.
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