Back ২০০০ অমরনাথ তীর্থযাত্রী হত্যাকাণ্ড Bengali/Bangla २००० अमरनाथ यात्रा आक्रमण Hindi 2000 அமர்நாத் யாத்ரீகர்கள் படுகொலை Tamil
| 2000 Amarnath Yatra attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Kashmir conflict | |
 Pilgrims at Cave shrine of Lord Shiva | |
| Location | Anantnag district & Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Date | 1 – 2 August 2000 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 89 – 105 |
| Injured | 62 |
| Victims | Hindu pilgrims |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Taiba |
| Motive | Kashmiri Separatism |
The 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage attack on 1 and 2 August was the massacre of between 89 and 105 people, with 62 others injured in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist terrorists in Anantnag district and Doda district of Kashmir.[1]
Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000 in a massacre at Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam. The dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers. 7 other people were also injured.[2][3]
- ^ "Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar". Tribune India. 3 August 2000. Archived from the original on 13 February 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage". Firstpost. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Amarnath pilgrimage resumes". BBC News. 4 August 2000. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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