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1998 Chapnari massacre

1998 massacre in India

Summary

1998 massacre in India

Field	Value
title	Chapnari Massacre
location	Chapnari, Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India
target	Hindus
date	19 June 1998
motive	Islamic terrorism
type	Mass murder
fatalities	26
perps	Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizbul Mujahideen

Hizbul Mujahideen

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.

Background

In 1990, 500,000 to 600,000 Kashmiri Hindus left Kashmir after being targeted by Islamist militants.

The attack

The victims were accompanying two marriage parties when they were attacked. Police sources said that five members were spared. 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.

References

(20 September 1998). "Chapnari main accused killed". The Indian Express.
(20 June 1998). "Gunmen Kill 25 Hindus in Kashmir Attacks". [[The New York Times]].
(19 June 1998). "World: South Asia Wedding massacre in Kashmir". [[BBC News]].
(1997-06-01). "Editorial". Nomadic Peoples.
(19 June 1998). "25 gunned down in Doda district". [[Rediff.com]].
(17 July 1998). "Chapnari's terror". [[Frontline (magazine).
(13 June 2004). "Chapnari massacre accused held". The Tribune.

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