2001 Kot Charwal massacre

Terrorist incident in India September 2014 September 2014 Kot Charwal Massacre Kot Charwal, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India Bakarwals 9 February 2001 Mass murder 15 Lashkar-e-Taiba 2001 Kot Charwal massacre was the killing of 15 ethnic-Bakarwals by militants in the village of Chalwalkote, in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 9 February 2001.The Kot Charwal carnage, Frontline, 16 March 2001Militants massacre 15 villagers in Rajouri, The Times of India, 11 February 2001Opinion by Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda | How Bakarwals Helped Indian Army in Operation Sarp Vinash, News18 India  21 April 2018 Background A violent insurgency has been going on in Jammu and Kashmir since 1989. The militants had intermittently massacred villagers who did not support their cause. The state government had supplied arms to the villagers who had formed Village Defence Committees (VDC) so that they could protect themselves from the militants. The militants suspected the villagers to be informants for Indian Army. The attack The militants came at night and initially asked the villagers to hand over the female members of the village for satisfying their sexual urges. When the villagers resisted this they were attacked.15 members of 3 nomad families massacred, Daily Excelsior, (11 February 2001). Retrieved 24 March 2009. Archived 14 May 2009. The terrorists came then bolted the house of Abdullah Remo and Bashir Abdullah. Then they lobbed a grenade inside before setting the house on fire.At Least 25 Dead In Attacks In Kashmir, Islamonline.net Of the 15 charred bodies which were recovered seven were of children, the youngest one being only four years old.Ultras massacre 15 in Rajouri, The Tribune (11 February 2001) Aftermath Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah condemned the killings. See also List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir References 30em Jammu and Kashmir Category:Massacres in 2001 Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2001 Category:Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks Category:2001 murders in India Category:Rajouri district Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:February 2001 in India Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:Massacres of ethnic groups Category:Grenade attacks in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Arson in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Arson in 2001 Category:2001 fires in Asia Category:Child murder in India