2006 Kulgam massacre

Terrorist incident in India March 2018 March 2018 2006 Kulgam massacre was the killing of nine Nepalese and Bihari labourers and a Muslim Kashmiri Indian Army soldier by Hizbul Mujahideen militants in a broad daylight near Yaripora in Kulgam area of Anantnag district in Kashmir on 12 June 2006. Background The group of labourers consisted of 9 Hindus and 1 Muslim (whom the terrorists did not kill). They had come to Kashmir from Siliguri as they had heard that wages were good. They were hired to build a wall around a house in Hangalbuch. On the morning of the massacre it had been raining and they took an early break for lunch. A local Muslim, Abdullah Teli, was cooking lunch for themFebruary 2018. The Attack The seven unidentified gunmen wearing combat fatigues, kidnapped Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh a newly recruited soldier of Rashtriya Rifles and thirteen Nepali and Bihari labourers. Later they tortured and beheaded Sheikh.October 2021 The labourers were lined up and asked to undress. One of them Mahammad Naimuddin was identified as a Muslim and asked to step aside. Then the labourers were fired on indiscriminately leading to the death of nine of them.May 2025 The aftermath 300 Muslims of Kulgam witnessed the funerals. The police claimed that the pro-Pakistan terrorist organization, Hizbul Mujahideen was believed to be responsible for the attack.Ultras gun down 8 labourers in Kulgam, The Tribune, 2006-06-13 However, in 2007 Australian government in declaring Lashkar-e-Taiba a Terrorist organisation also attributed this massacre jointly to it.CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2007 (NO. 12) (SLI NO 267 OF 2007), Australasian Legal Information Institute. References Jammu and Kashmir Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:2006 mass murders Category:Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Persecution of Hindus Category:Persecution by Muslims Category:Massacres of Hindus in Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2006 Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:2006 in India Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Anantnag district Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Religiously motivated violence in India Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2006