2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre

Massacre of pilgrims in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India March 2014 July 2026 2000 Amarnath Yatra attack Kashmir conflict File:Cave Temple of Lord Amarnath.jpg Pilgrims at Cave shrine of Lord Shiva Anantnag district and Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India 1 – 2 August 2000 Mass shooting 89 – 105 62 Hindu pilgrims Lashkar-e-Taiba 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 Kashmiri millitants in Anantnag district and Doda district of Kashmir.3 August 2000 Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm live 2017-08-24 Tribune India https://web.archive.org/web/20020213212547/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2000/20000803/main1.htm 13 February 2002 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.http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage 2017-07-11 Firstpost 2017-08-24 en-US4 August 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage resumes https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm live 2017-08-24 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20120325164012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm 25 March 2012 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. On 2 August, at least 32 people were killed, who were mostly unarmed civilians. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, 7 were Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 were security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to Amarnath cave shrine on annual pilgrimage. Many of those killed were Hindus and Shia Muslim porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.Mackinnon Ian 2000-08-02 Muslim terrorists killed 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html 1 May 2022 subscription 2017-08-24 Subsequently, then the Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Pahalgam and blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba for the killings.Bose Adrija 2017-07-11 A Look at the Bloody History of Terror Attacks on Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ live 2017-08-24 Huffington Post India https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101606/http://www.huffingtonpost.in:80/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ 13 July 2017 At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district. At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village in Doda district. In a remote village in Kupwara, militants killed seven members of a family belonging to a surrendered Islamist militant At least 8 unarmed civilians were killed and 2 more were injured in an ambush by terrorists on a group of Village Defence Committee patrol party members of Kayar village of Doda district. Aftermath Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee blamed Pakistan for being determined to sabotage democracy in (then) Jammu and Kashmir. See also Kanwar Yatra 2017 Amarnath Yatra attack 2003 Nadimarg massacre Amarnath land transfer controversy Islamic terrorism List of massacres in India List of terrorist incidents in India List of Islamist terrorist attacks List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir References Further reading 21 August 2000 Lok Sabha Debates. Motion regarding expressing anguish and deep sense of grief over the incidents of killing of innocent persons in Jammu and Kashmir and urging to appoint commission of inquiry. https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1342931/ indiankanoon.org External links http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com Amarnath: Journey to the shrine of a Hindu god. Boston Globe news story in pictures. 13 July 2012. Jammu and Kashmir Category:20th-century mass murders in India Category:Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks Category:Massacres in 2000 Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:2000 murders in India Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2000 Category:Massacres of Hindus in Kashmir Category:August 2000 in India Category:August 2000 crimes in Asia Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2000