Indian army chief to visit Kashmir in aftermath of Pahalgam attack

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India's army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, will review the ongoing security situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir following the deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam.

He is also scheduled to visit the site of the attack and meet senior army commanders deployed in the Kashmir valley.

It comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to chase the perpetrators to "the ends of the earth".

Indian officials say Tuesday's attack had "cross-border linkages".

Twenty six men were gunned down in an attack on tourists in Pahalgam area.

India and Pakistan have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India keeping a critical river water-sharing treaty in abeyance and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines, among other steps.

The two countries both claim Muslim-majority Kashmir in full, but rule it in part.

Early on Friday, authorities in Indian Kashmir demolished the houses of two suspected gunmen, one of whom is an accused in Tuesday's attack.

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