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''' | The '''2000 Amarnath pilgrimage attack''' on 1-2 August was the [[massacre]] of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by [[Press Trust of India|PTI]]) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist militants in [[Anantnag district]] and [[Doda district]] of [[Indian Administered Kashmir|Indian administered Kashmir]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=3 August 2000|title=Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-24|website=Tribune India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213212547/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2000/20000803/main1.htm |archive-date=13 February 2002 }}</ref> | ||
Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage|date=2017-07-11|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2000|title=Amarnath pilgrimage resumes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm|url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-24|website=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325164012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref> | Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage|date=2017-07-11|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 August 2000|title=Amarnath pilgrimage resumes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm|url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-24|website=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325164012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref> | ||
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Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" /> | Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mackinnon|first=Ian|date=2000-08-02|title=Muslim militants kill 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bose|first=Adrija|date=2017-07-11|title=A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/|url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-24|website=Huffington Post India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101606/http://www.huffingtonpost.in:80/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref> | * At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra (pilgrimage)|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mackinnon|first=Ian|date=2000-08-02|title=Muslim militants kill 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bose|first=Adrija|date=2017-07-11|title=A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/|url-status=live|access-date=2017-08-24|website=Huffington Post India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101606/http://www.huffingtonpost.in:80/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref> | ||
* At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" /> | * At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village in Doda district.<ref name=":0" /> | * At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village in Doda district.<ref name=":0" /> | ||