By Shivam Patel and Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Thursday to pursue, track and punish terrorists and their backers in a strong reaction to a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir,

India accused Islamabad of supporting "cross-border terrorism." Pakistan has denied the accusation and a previously unknown militant group calling itself Kashmir Resistance has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Latest attack on tourists has inflamed one of Asia’s longest-running conflicts and raised fears of a confrontation