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The claim

15 of the 26 people killed in the Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April 2025 were Muslims.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

FACTLY reports that the viral list was fake and that, according to the official list cited in its review, 25 victims were non-Muslims and one was Muslim. It also says the names on the viral list did not match the government-released list.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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