1993 Kishtwar massacre

1993 killings of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir August 2023 August 2023 1993 Kishtwar Massacre Sarthal, Jammu and Kashmir, India Hindus 14 August 1993 Mass murder 16 Muslim militants 1993 Kishtwar massacre was the killing of 16–17 Hindu bus passengers by Muslim militants in the Sarthal area of Kishtwar district of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in India on 14 August 1993.Bhatia Mohita Rethinking Conflict at the Margins: Dalits and Borderland Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir Cambridge University Press 2020 978-1-108-83602-9 8Schofield Victoria Victoria Schofield Kashmir in conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War 21 November 2002 I.B. Tauris 1-86064-898-3 173Muslim extremists massacre 17 Hindus; Army kills 18 intruders https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/08/14/Muslim-extremists-massacre-17-Hindus-Army-kills-18-intruders/9102745300800/ 14 August 1993 United Press International The massacre was the first of several communally motivated attacks and mass murders of Hindu civilians by militants during the insurgency in the territory.Khan Nyla The sacred and the secular: religion and politics in Jammu and Kashmir Religion and Politics in Jammu and Kashmir Tremblay Reeta Chowdhari Bhatia Mohita 2021 Routledge 128Swami Praveen Praveen Swami Pakistani militants bringing communal war back to J&K. Hindu killings in Rajouri are proof https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/pakistani-militants-bringing-communal-war-back-to-jk-hindu-killings-in-rajouri-are-proof/1297089/ The Print 4 January 2023 18 August 2023Bose Sumantra Sumantra Bose Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict 2021 Yale University Press 978-0-300-26271-1 126 The massacre marked beginnings of the spread of insurgent violence to Jammu region and triggered a migration of some Hindus out of the erstwhile Muslim-majority Doda district.https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19930915-militants-campaign-exhibits-communal-tinge-in-valley-with-the-killing-of-16-hindus-811514-1993-09-14 Militants' campaign exhibits communal tinge in Valley with the killing of 16 Hindus Baweja Harinder 15 September 1993 India Today 18 August 2023https://kashmirlife.net/village-destabilizing-culture-40278/ Village Destabilising Culture 26 August 2013 Kashmir Life 18 August 2023 Massacre On 14 August 1993, a local bus was hijacked in the Sarthal area near the town of Kishtwar by three Muslim militants armed with AK47s. The women and children were made to disembark the bus, the remaining male passengers were taken to a meadow and were segregated into two groups. The Hindus were fired upon by the militants, with 14 bleeding out and dying there and a further two dying while being taken to a local hospital.Swami Praveen Praveen Swami Pakistani militants bringing communal war back to J&K. Hindu killings in Rajouri are proof https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/pakistani-militants-bringing-communal-war-back-to-jk-hindu-killings-in-rajouri-are-proof/1297089/ The Print 4 January 2023 25 August 2023 Fourteen Hindu passengers bled out on the roadside on that sunny morning, their torn-up bodies collapsing into a single bloody heap. Two more died on the journey to a local hospital. Aftermath The imam of a mosque in Kishtwar publicly denounced the killings and called for a strike in an attempt to prevent inter-community violence in the town, which had nearly equal number of Hindus and Muslims. The attack was also denounced by the JKLF and Hizbul Mujahideen. Curfew was declared across the Jammu region. Some Hindus began migrating out of the region after the massacre. The massacre marked the expansion of militant influence from the Kashmir Valley into the Jammu region, and underscored its increasing communalisation. Political parties like the BJP and its allies responded with protests and rallies. A Gujjar Muslim leader was killed and four people were later arrested for his murder. Militias consisting of local villagers called Village Defence Committees (VDC) were formed in the aftermath of the massacre.Ali Jehangir After Rajouri Attack, J&K Administration Speeds Up Weapons Training For Militia Groups https://m.thewire.in/article/government/rajouri-attack-jammu-kashmir-village-defence-guards/amp The Wire 10 January 2023 18 August 2023 These were formed with the goal of preventing migrations similar to the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus out of the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley that had taken place at the beginning of the insurgency. Indian intelligence agencies claim that a Pakistani militant called Muhammad Sajjad Khan (alias Sajjad Afghani) had ordered the massacre. As of 2023, no one has been tried or convicted for the massacre. 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