People wailing for help as their loved ones lay in pool of blood

The terrorists started firing on the tourists indiscriminately, leaving multiple people dead and injuring at least 20

- Press Trust of India

PAHALGAM: Shrieks for help pierced the skies of Baisaran meadows in this south Kashmir resort as more than a dozen tourists lay motionless in pools of blood following one of the deadliest terror attacks on civilians in recent years in J&K.

Heavily armed terrorists walked out of the woods of Baisaran, a meadow atop a hill here, and surrounded a group of around 40 tourists. The terrorists started firing on the tourists indiscriminately, leaving at least 26 people dead and injuring many.

Eyewitnesses claimed that as soon as the bullets started flying, the handful of locals who earn a livelihood from tourism ran for safety, leaving the tourists as sitting ducks.

"My husband was shot in the head...he was shot for not being a Muslim. Seven others are injured in the attack," a woman survivor told PTI over phone.

The woman, who did not identify herself, pleaded for help in evacuating the injured to the hospital.