2002 Raghunath temple attacks

Two bombings on Hindu temples in Jammu, India October 2013 November 2020 2002 Raghunath Temple bombings were a series of two Islamic terrorist attacks that occurred in 2002 in Jammu, India. The attacks occurred over a period of 8 months and included militants belonging to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group targeting the Raghunath Mandir, a Hindu temple. March attack The first attack occurred on 30 March 2002 when two suicide bombers attacked the temple. Eleven people including three security personnel were killed and 20 were injured.http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/31raghu.htm J&K: 6 acquitted in Raghunath temple attack case rediff.com The attack occurred around 10:20 AM when the terrorists arrived, fired at the guards, and killed them on the spot. The attackers stormed the temple, threw a grenade, and fired indiscriminately at the worshippers. After expending his ammunition one of the attackers who was wearing a suicide vest blew himself up.Foreign ultras storm Raghunath Temple, The Tribune, 2001-03-31 Then Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Omar Abdullah, blamed Pakistan for the terrorist attacks on the Raghunath temple in Jammu and ruled out withdrawing troops from the border, saying Islamabad had done nothing to warrant it.http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/03/stories/2002040303251200.htm The Hindu : Omar Abdullah blames Pak. for Raghunath temple attack hinduonnet.com 6 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20041129211934/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/03/stories/2002040303251200.htm 29 November 2004 usurped November attack A second attacked occurred on 24 November 2002http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/11/24/kashmir.temple/index.html CNN.com - Heavy firing at Kashmir temple - Nov. 24, 2002 CNN10 Killed in Attack on Temple in Kashmir, The New York Times, 2002-11-25 when two suicide bombers stormed the temple and killed 14 devotees and injured 45 others.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2508531.stm BBC NEWS - South Asia - Kashmir temples hit by gunbattles bbc.co.ukhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2514023.stm BBC NEWS - South Asia - Kashmir temple reopens bbc.co.uk Witnesses said terrorists hurled grenades and fired indiscriminately on the heavily guarded Raghunath temple.https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021125/main1.htm The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News tribuneindia.comTerrorists attack Jammu temples, 12 dead, The Times of India, 2002-11-24 India blamed a Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, for the attack. Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani of India blamed the chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for the attack. He was released shortly prior to the attack by the government of Pakistan.Pasricha Anjana http://voanews.com/english/archive/2002-11/a-2002-11-25-2-Security.cfm Security Increased in Jammu City Following Attack on Hindu Temple Web.archive.org 2016-01-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080915223900/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2002-11/a-2002-11-25-2-Security.cfm 15 September 2008 The personnel of Central Reserve Police Force Yatindra Nath Rai, Assistant Commandant, Dev Singh, Head Constable, E.G. Rao, Head Constable, T. A. Singh, Constable, and Late K. K. Pandey, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.Printed in The Gazette of India, 17 December 2005 Late K K Pandey was posthumously awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry. Yatindra Nath Rai, Dev Singh, E. G. Rao and T. A. Singh were awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry.http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/India.htm Orders, Decorations and Medals - Medals by Country - Medals of India jeanpaulleblanc.com See also List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir References External links In pictures: Kashmir temple attack, BBC, 220-11-25 Website of the Temple Jammu and Kashmir Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:2002 mass murders Category:2002 in Islam Category:Suicide bombings in India Category:Suicide bombings in 2002 Category:Islam in India Category:Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents during the Kashmir conflict Category:Attacks on Hindu temples in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Anti-Hindu violence in Kashmir Category:Persecution of Hindus by Muslims Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2002 Category:2002 building bombings Category:Mass shootings in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir Category:March 2002 in India Category:November 2002 in India Category:2002 mass shootings in Asia Category:2002 murders in India Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2002 Category:Hindu temple bombings