Gunmen have killed 24 people in a Hindu village in India-controlled Kashmir.
The attack occurred in Nadimarg, about 30 miles south of Srinagar. Guards at the village were overpowered by the attackers and had their weapons snatched away, police say.
The attack came a day after gunmen assassinated an Islamic guerrilla leader who was sacked from Kashmir's biggest rebel group and was holding secret talks with the Indian government.
The assassination of the former Kashmir commander of the Hezb-ul Mujahedeen is a setback for Indian security authorities, who were trying to persuade him to take up a possible political role in the state.
More than a dozen Islamic militant groups in Jammu-Kashmir, the only state with a Muslim majority, have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from Hindu-majority India.
AP