Editing 1998 Chamba massacre

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The '''1998 Chamba massacre''' was the killing of thirty-five Hindus by [[Hizbul Mujahideen]], in the [[Chamba district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]] in [[India]] on 3 August 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/45143/|title=Ultras gun down 35 in Himachal|work=The Indian Express|date=4 August 1998|access-date=3 June 2018|archive-date=3 June 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180603021500/http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/45143/|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug04/head.htm#1|title=Terrorists massacre 35 in Chamba|work=The Tribune|date=4 August 1998|access-date=23 March 2009|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5ghhxDkCJ?url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug04/head.htm#1|archive-date=12 May 2009|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{{Violence against Hindus in independent India}}

==Background==
Since 1989, an Islamic militant [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]] had gripped the  state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].

==The Attacks==
The Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists massacred 35 [[Hindu]]s, mostly labourers, and injured 11 in the Chamba district bordering [[Doda, Jammu and Kashmir|Doda]] in [[Jammu]] on early hours of that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives1998/98august02b.html|title=Jammu and Kashmir Militants Gun Down 35 in Chamba District|date=2 August 1998|access-date=3 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171650/http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives1998/98august02b.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The massacre took place in two separate incidents at Kalaban and Satrundi. Twenty-six people were killed and eight injured in the Kalaban area under Police Station Tissa of Chamba District. In another incident, at about 1:30 a.m. that morning, five people were killed and three injured in village Satrindi, District Chamba. News of the massacre became public when two of the injured at Kalaban—Dhian Singh and Beli Ram—with blood oozing from their wounds, trudged eight kilometers through the dense forests report the mayhem to the nearest Mansa police station. The massacre led to clashes between Muslim Gujjars and Hindu Gaddis .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1521/15210660.htm|title=An unquiet peace|magazine=Frontline|volume=15|issue=21|first=Praveen|last=Swami|date=10 October 1998|archive-date=24 November 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124133509/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1521/15210660.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

This was the first and only terrorist incident in Himachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/aug/06kash.htm|title=Jammu averages 50 killings a month|work=Rediff|date=5 August 1998|access-date=3 June 2018|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528051950/http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/aug/06kash.htm|archive-date=28 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==The aftermath==
Top [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] terrorists Billu Gujjar was arrested in [[Pathankot]] by Punjab Police a few days later in connection with this attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/47030/|title=Top Hizbul ultra, aides held for Chamba killings|work=The Indian Express|date=16 August 1998|access-date=3 June 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180603021009/http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/47030/|archive-date=3 June 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071021180616/http://www.indiafirstfoundation.org/ARCHIVES/ARTICLES/ARC_DNM/2006/may2106.htm Ethnic Cleansing Planned to The Last Detail]

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[[Category:Massacres in 1998]]
[[Category:Chamba district]]
[[Category:1990s in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Kashmir conflict]]
[[Category:Massacres in India]]
[[Category:Violence against Hindus in India]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1998]]
[[Category:Crime in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:August 1998 events in Asia]]
[[Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 1998]]