2002 Raghunath temple attacks: Difference between revisions

The first attack occurred on 30 March 2002 when two suicide bombers attacked the temple. Eleven persons including three security personnel were killed and 20 were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/oct/31raghu.htm|title=J&K: 6 acquitted in Raghunath temple attack case|work=rediff.com}}</ref> The attack occurred around 10:20 AM when the muslim terrorists arrived and fired at the guards killing them on the spot.  They then stormed the temple, threw a grenade and fired indiscriminately at the worshippers.  After expending his ammunition one of the attackers who was wearing a suicide vest blew himself up.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020331/main1.htm Foreign ultras storm Raghunath Temple], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 2001-03-31</ref> Then Minister of State for External Affairs of India, [[Omar Abdullah]], blamed Pakistan for the terrorist attacks on the Raghunath temple in Jammu and ruled out withdrawing troops from the border, saying Islamabad had done nothing to warrant it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/03/stories/2002040303251200.htm|title=The Hindu : Omar Abdullah blames Pak.  for Raghunath temple attack|work=hinduonnet.com|access-date=6 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041129211934/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/03/stories/2002040303251200.htm|archive-date=29 November 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>

*[https://archive.is/20031213203142/http://www.maavaishnodevi.org/Raghunath.asp Website of the Temple]

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