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, where police have identified two of the gunmen as Pakistani.

The United Nations has urged India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum restraint” after they ramped up a tit-for-tat diplomatic offensive following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

On Thursday, without naming Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a public meeting in Bihar that the killers of Pahalgam will be pursued “to the ends of the earth” and promised to “identify,