India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, two days after 26 men were killed in an attack on tourists by suspected militants in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir.

PM Modi On Pahalgam Terror Attack | Jammu Kashmir Attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a powerful message following the brutal Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, including 25 tourists and a local Kashmiri.

The long-simmering conflict in Kashmir, India, blew up on Tuesday, when Islamic Kashmir separatists killed 26 tourists and injured over a dozen others. The attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in India since the 2008 Mumbai attacks,