At least 26 people were killed and a dozen injured in a suspected terror attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, a rare assault on tourists in a region fraught by decades of insurgency and opposition to India’s rule.

At least 20 people were feared killed after suspected militants opened fire on tourists in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory on Tuesday, three security sources said, the worst attack on civilians in the troubled Himalayan region for years.