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The '''2002 Qasim Nagar massacre''' was the killing of 29 [[Hindu]] labourers in Qasim Nagar on the outskirts of [[Jammu | {{Infobox civilian attack | ||
| title = Qasim Nagar Massacre | |||
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| location = Qasim Nagar, [[Jammu district|Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]] | |||
| target = [[Hindu]]s | |||
| date = 13 July 2002 | |||
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| type = [[Mass murder]] | |||
| fatalities = 29 | |||
| injuries = | |||
| perps = [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/03jk2.htm|title=LeT ultra involved in Qasim Nagar carnage arrested: Police|date=3 August 2002|work=Rediff|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Rediff 2" /> | |||
| motive = [[Islamist Terrorism]] <br /> [[Jihadism]] | |||
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The '''2002 Qasim Nagar massacre''' was the killing of 29 [[Hindu]] labourers in Qasim Nagar on the outskirts of [[Jammu]] city in the erstwhile [[Indian state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] by [[Islamist]] militants belonging to the [[Jihadism|Jihadist]] terrorist group, [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] on 13 July 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/03jk2.htm|title=LeT ultra involved in Qasim Nagar carnage arrested: Police|date=3 August 2002|work=Rediff|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=independent>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/panic-in-the-dark-as-slum-is-attacked-by-islamic-militants-184336.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/panic-in-the-dark-as-slum-is-attacked-by-islamic-militants-184336.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Panic in the dark as slum is attacked by Kashmiri militants|work=The Independent|date=15 July 2002|first=Maseeh|last=Rahman|access-date=19 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Rediff 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/13jk2.htm|title=29 killed in militant attack in Jammu|work=Rediff|date=13 July 2002|first=Mukhtar|last=Ahmad|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Rediff 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/06jk5.htm|title=Terrorists behind Qasim Nagar massacre nabbed|date=6 September 2002|work=Rediff|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Rory|last=McCarthy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/15/kashmir.india|title=Massacre in Kashmir slum renews fear of war|work=The Guardian|date=15 July 2002|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> | |||
{{Violence against Hindus in independent India}} | {{Violence against Hindus in independent India}} | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Killings of civilians had been intermittent but regular feature of the [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]].Several prior incidents like [[Gawkadal massacre]], [[Handwara massacre]] | Killings of civilians had been intermittent but regular feature of the [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]. Several prior incidents like [[Gawkadal massacre]], [[Handwara massacre]] and [[Hawal massacre]] are some of the brutal ones. | ||
==The attack== | ==The attack== | ||
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