Kashmir security fears

SECURITY has been beefed up across Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists.

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Indian forces have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the restive Himalayan region.

As investigators began probing the attack, many shops and businesses in Kashmir closed to protest the killings following a call from the region’s religious and political parties.

Tens of thousands of armed police and soldiers fanned out across the region and erected additional checkpoints. They searched cars and in some areas summoned former militants to police stations for questioning, reports said.