1998 Chapnari massacre

Chapnari Massacre
Location	Chapnari, Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Date	19 June 1998
Target	Hindus
Attack type	Mass murder
Deaths	25
Perpetrators	Lashkar-e-Taiba Hizbul Mujahideen^[1]

The 1998 Chapnari massacre was a massacre of 25 Hindu villagers in Chapnari (also called Champanari by some sources) village in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir on 19 June 1998, by terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Background

Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir
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International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir Human Rights Commission Papa II
1990
Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus 1990 Gawkadal massacre 1990 Zakoora and Tengpora massacre
1991
1991 Kunan Poshpora incident
1993
1993 Lal Chowk fire 1993 Bijbehara massacre 1993 Kishtwar massacre 1993 Sopore massacre
1995
1995 kidnapping of Western tourists in Kashmir
1996
Murder of Jalil Andrabi
1997
1997 Sangrampora massacre
1998
1998 Wandhama massacre 1998 Chapnari massacre 1998 Prankote massacre
2000
2000 Chittisinghpura massacre
2001
2001 Kishtwar massacre 2001 Chalwalkote massacre
2002
2002 Kaluchak massacre 2002 Qasim Nagar massacre 2002 Raghunath temple attacks
2003
2003 Nadimarg Massacre
2004
2004 Teli Katha massacre
2006
2006 Doda massacre
2009
2009 Shopian rape and murder case
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In 1990, 500,000 to 600,000 Kashmiri Hindus left Kashmir after being selectively targeted by the militants.^[4]

The attack

The victims were accompanying two marriage parties when they were attacked. Police sources said that five members were spared.^[5]^[6] Among those who survived Chapnari were the three primary school teachers and the bride.^[6]

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.^[2]

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.^[1] Another suspect, Attullah of Hizbul Mujahideen, was arrested in June 2004.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Chapnari main accused killed". The Indian Express. 20 September 1998. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Burns, John F. (20 June 1998). "Gunmen Kill 25 Hindus in Kashmir Attacks". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "World: South Asia Wedding massacre in Kashmir". BBC News. 19 June 1998. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ Casimir, Michael J.; Lancaster, William; Rao, Aparna (1 June 1997). "Editorial". Nomadic Peoples. 1 (1): 3–4. doi:10.3167/082279497782384668. ISSN 0822-7942.
^ Ahmad, Mukhtar (19 June 1998). "25 gunned down in Doda district". Rediff.com. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b Swami, Praveen (17 July 1998). "Chapnari's terror". Vol. 15, no. 14. Frontline. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^ "Chapnari massacre accused held". The Tribune. 13 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.