2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre

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2000 Amarnath Yatra attack
Part of Kashmir conflict
Cave Temple of Lord Amarnath.jpg
Pilgrims at Cave shrine of Lord Shiva
Location Anantnag district & Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Date1 – 2 August 2000
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths89 – 105
Injured62
Victims Hindu pilgrims
Perpetrators Lashkar-e-Taiba
Motive Kashmiri Separatism

The 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage attack on 1 and 2 August was the massacre of between 89 and 105 people, with 62 others injured in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist terrorists in Anantnag district and Doda district of Kashmir. [1]

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Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000 in a massacre at Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam. The dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers. 7 other people were also injured. [2] [3]

Details

A total of 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by PTI) were killed and at least 62 were injured in five separate coordinated terror attacks, including the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000. [1]

Aftermath

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee blamed Pakistan for being determined to sabotage democracy in (then) Jammu and Kashmir. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar". Tribune India. 3 August 2000. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. "Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage". Firstpost. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. "Amarnath pilgrimage resumes". BBC News. 4 August 2000. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. Mackinnon, Ian (2 August 2000). "Muslim terrorists killed 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 Bose, Adrija (11 July 2017). "A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims". Huffington Post India. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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