In the shadow of Washington, DC’s iconic monuments, a community gathers in grief. Heads bowed, flowers clutched in trembling hands, they walk in a silent procession, a solemn testament to lives violently cut short half a world away in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will hold a one-day special session on Monday to discuss the recent terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has called the session to address the recent terror attack and to take stock of the situation.

Only 4 days after Pahalgam attack, an unidentified gunman shot a civilian in Kashmir's Kupwara. The deceased has been identified as 44-year-old Ghulam Rasool Magray, who was reportedly shot inside his own home.