1998 Chapnari massacre

1998 massacre in India March 2018 March 2018 Chapnari Massacre Chapnari, Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India Hindus 19 June 1998 Islamic terrorism Mass murder 26 Lashkar-e-TaibaHizbul Mujahideenhttp://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/51981/ Chapnari main accused killed 20 September 1998 The Indian Express 2 June 2018 https://archive.today/20180602173614/http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/51981/ 2 June 2018 live dmy-all The 1998 Chapnari massacre was a massacre of 26 Hindus in the Chapnari village, Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir, India on 19 June 1998, by terrorists belonging to the Islamic terrorist groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.Burns John F. Gunmen Kill 25 Hindus in Kashmir Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/20/world/gunmen-kill-25-hindus-in-kashmir-attacks.html 25 February 2017 The New York Times 20 June 1998World: South Asia Wedding massacre in Kashmir https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/115976.stm 25 February 2017 BBC News 19 June 1998 Background In 1990, 500,000 to 600,000 Kashmiri Hindus left Kashmir after being targeted by Islamist militants.Casimir Michael J. Lancaster William Rao Aparna 1997-06-01 Editorial Nomadic Peoples 1 1 3–4 10.3167/082279497782384668 0822-7942 The attack The victims were accompanying two marriage parties when they were attacked. Police sources said that five members were spared.Ahmad Mukhtar 25 gunned down in Doda district http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/19kash.htm 25 February 2017 Rediff.com 19 June 1998Swami Praveen Chapnari's terror http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=archive 25 February 2017 14 Frontline 17 July 1998 15 Among those who survived Chapnari were the three primary school teachers and the bride. Aftermath Chief minister Farooq Abdullah strongly condemned the attack and described it as "yet another barbaric act of Pakistan-sponsored militants in Jammu and Kashmir". India's Home Minister, Lal Krishna Advani, who had recently assumed overall control of Indian policy in the state, described the killing of the wedding guests as "a clear attempt at ethnic cleansing" and said that responsibility for the attack, and the other massacres of Hindus, rested with Pakistan. In September 1998, Abid Hussain of Lashkar-e-Taiba, who was the main suspect in the massacre, was killed in an encounter by Indian security forces. Another suspect, Attullah of Hizbul Mujahideen, was arrested in June 2004.https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040614/j&k.htm#6 Chapnari massacre accused held The Tribune 13 June 2004 https://archive.today/20180602173614/http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/51981/#6 2 June 2018 live 2 September 2018 dmy-all See also List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir List of massacres in India References Jammu and Kashmir Category:Doda district Category:Massacres in 1998 Category:1990s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir Category:June 1998 in India Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1998 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 1998 Category:Chenab Valley Category:Massacres of Hindus in Kashmir Category:1998 murders in India Category:1998 mass shootings in Asia Category:Mass shootings in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Attacks on weddings