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Mourners gather to pay their homage to the mortal remains of slain, left to right, Atul Mone, Sanjay Lele, Hemant Joshi, who were killed by gunmen in Kashmir's Pahalgam, after their bodies arrived for funeral in Dombivali on April 23, 2025. Indian security forces in Kashmir carried out a major manhunt on April 23, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists killing 26 people in the region's deadliest attack on civilians since 2000.
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