At least 26 people were killed and 17 others wounded when gunmen opened fire on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in a restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades.

After the terror attack, many travellers are desperate to flee Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, causing flight prices to spike.

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday instructed all police officers to keep a special watch on the state’s borders.