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The 1998 Chamba massacre was the killing of 35 Hindus by the Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist group, Hizbul Mujahideen, in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh in India on 3 August, 1998.http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/45143/ Ultras gun down 35 in Himachal The Indian Express 4 August 1998 3 June 2018 3 June 2018 https://archive.today/20180603021500/http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/45143/ live dmy-allhttps://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug04/head.htm#1 Terrorists massacre 35 in Chamba The Tribune 4 August 1998 23 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023220534/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug04/head.htm#1 23 October 2012 live dmy-all
Attacks
Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, and injured 11 in the Chamba district bordering Doda in Jammu on early hours of that day.http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives1998/98august02b.html Jammu and Kashmir Militants Gun Down 35 in Chamba District 2 August 1998 3 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171650/http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives1998/98august02b.html 3 March 2016 live The massacre took place in two separate incidents at Kalaban and Satrundi. Twenty-six people were killed and eight injured in the Kalaban area under Police Station Tissa of Chamba District. In another incident, at about 1:30 a.m. that morning, five people were killed and three injured in village Satrindi, District Chamba. News of the massacre became public when two of the injured at Kalaban—Dhian Singh and Beli Ram—with blood oozing from their wounds, trudged eight kilometers through the dense forests report the mayhem to the nearest Mansa police station. The massacre led to clashes between Muslim Gujjars and Hindu Gaddis .http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1521/15210660.htm An unquiet peace Frontline 15 21 Praveen Swami 10 October 1998 24 November 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20021124133509/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1521/15210660.htm usurped
Aftermath
Top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists Billu Gujjar was arrested in Pathankot by Punjab Police a few days later in connection with this attack.http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/47030/ Top Hizbul ultra, aides held for Chamba killings The Indian Express 16 August 1998 3 June 2018 https://archive.today/20180603021009/http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/47030/ 3 June 2018 live dmy-all
See also
List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir
References
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