1998 Chamba massacre
{{Short description|Killing of Hindus in Himachal Pradesh, India}}
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The 1998 Chamba massacre was the killing of thirty-five Hindus by the Pakistan-based Islamic terrorist group, Hizbul Mujahideen, in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh in India on 3 August, 1998.{{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}}{{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://web.archive.org/web/20121023220534/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug04/head.htm#1|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
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Attacks
Pakistan-trained Islamic terrorists massacred 35 Hindus, mostly labourers, and injured 11 in the Chamba district bordering Doda in Jammu on early hours of that day.{{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}} 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 .{{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}}
The aftermath
Top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists Billu Gujjar was arrested in Pathankot by Punjab Police a few days later in connection with this attack.{{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}}
See also
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Category:1990s in Himachal Pradesh
Category:Islamic terrorism in India
Category:Anti-Hindu violence in India
Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1998