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{{Infobox civilian attack|title=Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre|location=Mehjoor Nagar, [[Srinagar district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]] |date=3 February 2001|target=[[Sikh]]s |type=[[Mass murder]], [[spree killer|spree shooting]] |fatalities=6|injuries=5|perps= [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] , [[Hizbul Mujahideen]]}} | {{Infobox civilian attack|title=Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre|location=Mehjoor Nagar, [[Srinagar district]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]] |date=3 February 2001|target=[[Sikh]]s |type=[[Mass murder]], [[spree killer|spree shooting]] |fatalities=6|injuries=5|perps= [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] , [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].{{cn|date=March 2022}} | ||
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The '''Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre''' refers to the fatal shooting of [[Sikh]]s on 3 February 2001 in the [[Srinagar district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<ref name="BBC-20010204">{{cite web |title=Sikh anger at Kashmir killings |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1153096.stm |website=[[BBC]] |accessdate=13 October 2019 |date=4 February 2001}}</ref><ref name="rediff-4Fb01">{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/04jk4.htm |title='Wherever they saw a turban, they fired'|first=Chindu |last=Sreedharan |date=February 4, 2001 |accessdate=11 October 2019 |work=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref name="JK-20010216">{{cite news |title=Inquiry in Sikh carnage at Mehjoor Nagar in full swing |url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2001/kashmir20010216b.html |work=[[The Daily Excelsior]] |agency=jammu-kashmir.com |accessdate=13 October 2019 |date=16 February 2001}}</ref><ref name="FL-20010217">{{Cite magazine |title=A peace under pressure |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1804/18040400.htm |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |volume=18 |issue=4 |date=17 February – 2 March 2001}}</ref> In this attack, at least six people were killed in a drive-by shooting and five were injured.<ref name="rediff-4Fb01"/><ref name="IT-20180517">{{cite web |author1=PTI |title=Ceasefire: Security forces keeping fingers crossed |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/ceasefire-security-forces-keeping-fingers-crossed-1235393-2018-05-17 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en |date=17 May 2018}}</ref> The Mehjoor Nagar attack was the second big attack on the Sikh community of Kashmir{{Snd}} in March 2000, unknown gunmen committed a mass massacre of 35 | The '''Mehjoor Nagar Sikh massacre''' refers to the fatal shooting of [[Sikh]]s on 3 February 2001 in the [[Srinagar district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]].<ref name="BBC-20010204">{{cite web |title=Sikh anger at Kashmir killings |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1153096.stm |website=[[BBC]] |accessdate=13 October 2019 |date=4 February 2001}}</ref><ref name="rediff-4Fb01">{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/04jk4.htm |title='Wherever they saw a turban, they fired'|first=Chindu |last=Sreedharan |date=February 4, 2001 |accessdate=11 October 2019 |work=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref name="JK-20010216">{{cite news |title=Inquiry in Sikh carnage at Mehjoor Nagar in full swing |url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2001/kashmir20010216b.html |work=[[The Daily Excelsior]] |agency=jammu-kashmir.com |accessdate=13 October 2019 |date=16 February 2001}}</ref><ref name="FL-20010217">{{Cite magazine |title=A peace under pressure |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl1804/18040400.htm |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |volume=18 |issue=4 |date=17 February – 2 March 2001}}</ref> In this attack, at least six people were killed in a drive-by shooting and five were injured.<ref name="rediff-4Fb01"/><ref name="IT-20180517">{{cite web |author1=PTI |title=Ceasefire: Security forces keeping fingers crossed |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/ceasefire-security-forces-keeping-fingers-crossed-1235393-2018-05-17 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en |date=17 May 2018}}</ref> The Mehjoor Nagar attack was the second big attack on the Sikh community of Kashmir{{Snd}} in March 2000, unknown gunmen committed a mass massacre of 35 Sikhs in [[Chittisinghpura massacre|Chithi Singh Pora]].<ref name="BBCN-20000321">{{cite web |title=SOUTH ASIA {{!}} Kashmir killings overshadow Clinton visit |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/684632.stm |website=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=13 October 2019 |date=21 March 2000}}</ref><ref name="I-20000322">{{cite web |last1=Popham |first1=Peter |title=Massacre of 36 Sikhs overshadows Clinton's tour |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/massacre-of-36-sikhs-overshadows-clintons-tour-722008.html |website=[[The Independent]] |accessdate=13 October 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225120850/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/massacre-of-36-sikhs-overshadows-clintons-tour-722008.html |archivedate=25 December 2008 |location=Delhi |date=22 March 2000}}</ref> | ||
==The killings== | ==The killings== | ||
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