2003 Nadimarg massacre

Massacre held in 2003 after forced exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 yes September 2014 September 2014 Nadimarg Massacre Nadimarg, Pulwama District, Jammu and Kashmir, India 33.7446 75.0121 inline,title Kashmiri Pandits 23 March 2003 Mass murder Islamist Terrorism 24 Lashkar-e-Taiba 2003 Nadimarg massacre was the killing of 24 Kashmiri Pandits in the village of Nadimarg in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on 23 March 2003. Surmukh Singh 26 March 2020 Terror Network BlueRose Publishers 72 https://books.google.com/books?id=lQXZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72Kashmir killing stokes tension, Dawn, 25 March 2003. Tim Sullivan, Kashmir Massacre Shakes Village’s Sense of Fraternity, Los Angeles Times, 30 March 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20120928085145/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/mar/30/news/adfg-indiakill30 28 September 2012 24 Hindus Are Shot Dead in Kashmiri Village, The New York Times, 24 March 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081401/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/world/24-hindus-are-shot-dead-in-kashmiri-village.html 11 February 2017 Background Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus In early 1990, faced by the rising Kashmir insurgency and fearing persecution and physical harm, the majority of Kashmiri Hindus, who are called Kashmiri Pandits, fled the Kashmir Valley to makeshift camps across the Jammu division. Small numbers remained within the Valley.April 2025 The attack Armed Islamic terrorist came dressed in counterfeit military uniforms to Nadimarg, near Shopian in the Pulwama district.Amy Waldman, Kashmir Massacre May Signal the Coming of Widespread Violence, The New York Times, 25 March 2003. 92698458, 2230066200Grief, Again, TIME, 31 March 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20110120173347/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,438936,00.html 20 January 2011 The attack took place between 11 pm and midnight.http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/docs/PNW3/PNW.24March_03.htm#Kashmir 24 Hindus killed in Indian Kashmir Agence France-Presse https://web.archive.org/web/20070809084531/http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/docs/PNW3/PNW.24March_03.htm#Kashmir 9 August 2007 dead 24 March 2003 Victims included 11 men, 11 women, and two small boys who were lined up and shot and killed by the gunmen.Appendix A – Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Incidents, 2003 (Revised 6/22/04), Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2003. United States Department of State. https://web.archive.org/web/20060501144904/http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2003/33773.htm 1 May 2006 The victims ranged from a 65-year-old man to a 2-year-old boy. Perpetrators The perpetrators belonged to the internationally-designated terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba and were led by their 'district commander' Zia Mustafa, who was said to be from Rawalakot in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.Nirupama Subramanian Zia Mustafa killing all but pulls curtain down on Nadimarg Pandit massacre The Indian Express 25 October 2021 https://indianexpress.com/article/india/zia-mustafa-killing-all-but-pulls-curtain-down-on-nadimarg-pandit-massacre-7588749/ Mustafa was arrested in 2003 and held in prison. In October 2021, he was taken by security forces to identify militant hideouts in a forest in Poonch. He is said to have been killed in crossfire between the militants and the Indian security forces.Nirupama Subramanian, Explained: Who is Zia Mustafa, the jailed Pakistani terrorist killed during Poonch encounter?, The Indian Express, 26 October 2021. He had spent the previous 18 years in jail, mostly in Srinagar, before he was moved to Jammu's high-security Kot Bhalwal jail in 2018.LeT militant involved in Nadimarg massacre held, The Times of India, 10 April 2003. Three other Lashkar-e-Taiba militants gunned down by Mumbai police on 29 March 2003 were suspected to have been involved in the massacre.PTI, Suspected of Nadimarg killers gunned down in Mumbai, The Indian Express, 29 March 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20120920174456/http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=20148 20 September 2012 March 2025 Reactions India accused Pakistan of being involved in this massacre and said that it would deal with the country with strength and resolve.https://archive.today/20110522164832/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2003-03/a-2003-03-26-60-India.cfm India: Cross-Border Terrorism Infrastructure Must Be Dismantled, Voice of America, 26 March 2003. Christina Rocca, then the US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, argued for the need for US to remain "actively and effectively engaged", pointing out to this massacre.Atrocity heightens tensions in Kashmir, The Independent, 30 March 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20121025165636/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/atrocity-heightens-tension-in-kashmir-592793.html 25 October 2012 The US Secretary of State Colin Powell and British foreign minister Jack Straw, condemning the massacre, urged respect for the Line of Control and called on Pakistan to end infiltration across it.G. Parthasarathy Terrorism is the core issue The Pioneer 8 May 2003 http://meaindia.nic.in/opinion/2003/05/08o02.htm meaindia.nic.in https://web.archive.org/web/20050113182531/http://meaindia.nic.in/opinion/2003/05/08o02.htm 13 January 2005 dead Chris Patten, European Commissioner for External Relations and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan also condemned the massacre.Patten Offers Condolences After Kashmir Massacre Europa World 28 March 2003 http://www.europaworld.org/week122/pattenoffers28303.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20030418173448/http://www.europaworld.org/week122/pattenoffers28303.htm 18 April 2003 dead In an editorial in Pakistan's Dawn, Kunwar Idris criticised the massacre and said "Pundits are children of no lesser god that two hundred thousand of them should be driven out of their homes and the remaining few should be left to die a gruesome death."The murder of Pundits, Dawn, 30 March 2003. In popular culture 2022: The climax of Hindi movie The Kashmir Files, written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri, depicts a scene based on the massacre. It shows Islamic militants lining up 24 Kashmiri Hindus in Nadimarg and shooting all of them, including a baby.March 2025 References 30em Further reading Twenty-four Kashmiri Hindus shot dead, The Guardian, 24 March 2003. 209 Kashmiri Pandits killed since 1989, say J-K cops in first report, The Indian Express, 5 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20130308022919/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/209-kashmiri-pandits-killed-since-1989-say-jk-cops-in-first-report/305457 8 March 2013 Pravin Swami, The Nadimarg outrage, Frontline, 25 April 2003. Safwat Zargar, The death of a Pakistani militant near LoC leaves lingering questions about a massacre in Kashmir, Scroll.in, 2 November 2021. External links Photographs of the Tragedy 24 Pandits killed in Kashmir, Rediff.com, 24 March 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20081007035318/http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/24jk.htm 7 October 2008 Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:Massacres in 2003 Category:Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Persecution by Muslims Category:Massacres of Hindus in Kashmir Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2003 Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:2003 in India Category:Massacres in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Pulwama district Category:2000s in Jammu and Kashmir Category:Anti-Hindu violence in Kashmir Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2003 Category:March 2003 in India Category:Persecution of Hindus Category:Kashmir conflict