Soldiers in India-administered Kashmir on Friday blew up the family homes of two men who police allege were among a gang that carried out the region’s deadliest attack against civilians for decades.

India’s security forces have launched a giant manhunt for those responsible for killing 26 men in the tourist resort of Pahalgam on Tuesday.

Police say they are members of the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), designated a terrorist organisation by the United Nations.

They have issued wanted posters with sketches of three men: Indian national Adil Hussain Thoker, as well as Pakistani citizens Ali Bhai and Hashim Musa.

They are also searching for Indian citizen Asif Sheikh.

Members of the two Indian fugitives’ immediate families were detained for questioning after the attack, the officer and their relatives said.