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'Uneasy calm' in Indian-administered Kashmir a day after tourist killings

Twenty-six people have died and several others have been injured after gunmen opened fire on a group of domestic tourists visiting a popular beauty spot in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday.

The attack took place in Pahalgam, a picturesque town in the Himalayas often described as the "Switzerland of India".

There is a shutdown across the region, where schools, business and shops have been closed. The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from outside the airport in Srinagar city, where an uneasy calm prevails.

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